Among the 30 recommendations in Edward Timpson's long-awaited review of school exclusions in England is a call to government to develop new accountability measures to stop the practice of off-rolling.
As the former children's minister's review sets out, off-rolling has become an increasingly controversial aspect of behaviour management in schools, with evidence emerging that it is being used by some schools to avoid the scrutiny that comes with higher exclusion rates.
Timpson said the review heard "concerning" evidence on the use of off-rolling. It describes this as when children are made to leave school and are removed from the school roll without a formal permanent exclusion, or by the school encouraging parents to remove a child from school to home educate, which is done in the school's interest.
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