This study explores the links between school attendance, exclusions, and subsequent
academic attainment at age 16 in mainstream schools in England. For this research, school …

Background The research reported here was commissioned by the Office of the Children's
Commissioner's to inform the second year of their on-going School Exclusions Inquiry. The …

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the recording, reporting, and use of data
pertaining to school attendance and absence in England. To establish a foundation, we …

This is a book not only about school exclusions. It examines the scale of the problem which
has wider implications for educational inequality both in England and internationally (Demie …

This paper argues that the New Labour government'school effectiveness/target‐setting
strategy for reducing school exclusions is a flawed one. It deflects blame on to individual …

1 Analysis of School Attendance Data in Primary and Post-Primary Schools, 2006/7 and 2007/8
Report to the National Educational Welfare Board David Millar Educational Research Centre …

This article draws on findings from the first cross‐national study of school exclusion in the
four jurisdictions of the UK. It casts new light on the crucial aspects of children's education …

This paper examines the rise in school exclusions in England in the 1990s. It discusses the
definitions and different types of exclusion and how policies towards exclusion have been …

Educational qualifications are a crucial determinant of later life-chances across Western
societies (Burgess, Gardiner and Popper, 2001; Hobcraft, 2000), with a particularly marked …

Exclusion from school has potentially serious consequences for young people. Their
opportunities for academic achievement are curtailed, thereby reducing their chances of …