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Education (No. 2) Act 1986

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23 Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents etc.

The articles of government for every county, voluntary and maintained special school shall provide— (a) for it to be the duty of the head teacher— (i) where he excludes from the school a pupil who is under eighteen, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of the period of the exclusion and the reasons for it; (ii) where he decides that any exclusion of such a pupil from the school which was originally for a fixed . . . period should be made permanent, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of his decision and of the reasons for it; and (iii) where he excludes any pupil from the school to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform the pupil, if he is aged eighteen or over, or a parent of his, if he is under eighteen, that the pupil or (as the case may be) parent may make representations about the exclusion to the governing body and the local education authority; (b) for it to be the duty of the head teacher, where he excludes a pupil from the school— (i) for more than five school days (in the aggregate) in any one term; or (ii) in circumstances in which the pupil would, as a result of his exclusion from the school, lose an opportunity to take any public examination; to inform the local education authority and the governing body (without delay) of the period of the exclusion and of the reasons for it and where he decides that any exclusion of a pupil from the school which was originally for a fixed . . . period should be made permanent, to inform them (without delay) of his decision and of the reasons for it.

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23 Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents etc.

The articles of government for every county, voluntary and maintained special school shall provide— (a) for it to be the duty of the head teacher— (i) where he excludes from the school a pupil who is under eighteen, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of the period of the exclusion and the reasons for it; (ii) where he decides that any exclusion of such a pupil from the school which was originally for a fixed . . . period should be made permanent, to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform a parent of the pupil of his decision and of the reasons for it; and (iii) where he excludes any pupil from the school to take (without delay) reasonable steps to inform the pupil, if he is aged eighteen or over, or a parent of his, if he is under eighteen, that the pupil or (as the case may be) parent may make representations about the exclusion to the governing body and the local education authority; (b) for it to be the duty of the head teacher, where he excludes a pupil from the school— (i) for more than five school days (in the aggregate) in any one term; or (ii) in circumstances in which the pupil would, as a result of his exclusion from the school, lose an opportunity to take any public examination; to inform the local education authority and the governing body (without delay) of the period of the exclusion and of the reasons for it and where he decides that any exclusion of a pupil from the school which was originally for a fixed . . . period should be made permanent, to inform them (without delay) of his decision and of the reasons for it.

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