• Work With Us
    • Health Mentors
    • Schools
    • Partners
  • About Us
    • Our Programmes
      • Project HE:RO
      • XLR8
      • LEAP
    • The Evolve Journey
    • Keeping Children Safe
    • Meet the Team
    • Hall of Fame
  • Resources
  • Our Partners
  • Careers
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Video
  • Work With Us
    • Health Mentors
    • Schools
    • Partners
  • About Us
    • Our Programmes
      • Project HE:RO
      • XLR8
      • LEAP
    • The Evolve Journey
    • Keeping Children Safe
    • Meet the Team
    • Hall of Fame
  • Resources
  • Our Partners
  • Careers
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Video

Edward Timpson sets exclusions review agenda commissioned by the Department for Education

  • Posted by Chris Lincoln
  • On 16th March 2018

With over 6,000 parents experiencing their children being excluded from school in 2015-16, Edward Timpson CBE, the former Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, is launching a review into why so many exclusions are taking place.

Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Timpson outlines his plans for the review commissioned by the Department for Education. With specific geographical locations showing a higher rate of exclusions than other areas, the review is seeking to explain why there is such a variation. Mr Timpson is also keen to establish why the data differs for certain groups of children.

He explained: ‘As the Government’s Race Disparity Audit revealed, for some groups of children, including black Caribbean and Gypsy Roma and Traveller children, those with special educational needs, pupils eligible for free school meals, children in need and those in care, the rates of exclusion are much higher.’

Mr Timpson will be looking at how schools and external providers are supporting each other to prevent exclusions. He added, ‘we need to establish how schools and supporting agencies work together in relation to exclusions and whether (or not) it is effective in improving outcomes for those children.’

The review has started with a ‘Call for Evidence’, whereby Mr Timpson has invited anyone with experience of exclusions to share their experiences.

John Bishop, Managing Director for Evolve, welcomes the review: ‘It is reassuring that this area of our education system is finally receiving the attention it deserves. Pupils involved are often victims of trauma that have affected their early development and they need our help. It is in everyone’s interest to support these children because of the alarming statistics showing the cost to society of this growing cohort.

We encourage this review to focus on the causes of behaviour that leads to exclusions and not just the process of managing children who need more personalised support than most mainstream schools are currently able to provide. Evolve has been working in this space for over 10 years to address the emotional, physical and cognitive needs of all pupils to ensure that they are ready to learn and eventually make a positive contribution to society.’

 1

0 Comments

Leave Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts
  • New Managing Director Appointed
  • Evolve Selected for top charity scale accelerator
  • Project HE:RO and the THRIVE Framework
  • How a summer of trepidation for pupils and parents can be nullified by an Evolve XLR8 course
  • Will schools be able to cope with new mental health education plans?
Categories
  • Apprenticeship Levy
  • Blog
  • Careers
  • Case Studies
  • Community
  • Health Mentors
  • News
  • Parents
  • Pupils
  • Uncategorised
  • Uncategorized

XLR8 Holiday Courses - Identify your roots and routes!

Previous thumb

Guest Blog #4 Tom Boldy : Is there enough mental health education in schools?

Next thumb
Scroll
Keep in Touch

Keep up to date with all of the latest information from Evolve using your preferred social media channels.

From Our Blog
  • New Managing Director Appointed 29th August 2019
  • Evolve Selected for top charity scale accelerator 16th May 2019
Latest Tweet
  • avatar
    Have to graft for everything.. regional manager for London @EvolveRedhead cycles to all of London schools.. Smoothi… https://t.co/IyVMAdXrid23rd June 2022 - 12:05 pm