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School restart is chance to implement Timpson Review recommendations on inclusive education

3 mins read Social Care Guest Blog
A year ago, the long-awaited Timpson Review of School Exclusions made 30 recommendations to government to ensure that exclusions were used properly and consistently and that our education system creates “the best possible conditions for every child to thrive”.

These recommendations were immediately accepted in principle by the government, but, since then, very little has been heard about what this implementation will look like in practice.

The Review was published last May and, of course, since then the UK has had another election, entered into a transition period to leave the European Union and gone into lockdown as Covid-19 brought in social distancing measures, including school closures. Given these events, it is hard not to wonder if the Timpson Review’s recommendations have disappeared off the government’s radar. Despite the challenges schools face as they prepare to re-open, now is the time to prioritise the changes suggested by the review.

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