Speaking during a four-hour debate in Parliament on antisocial behaviour the Conservative shadow home affairs minister James Brokenshire called for headteachers to be given a greater say over excluding challenging pupils.
He said: "We would ensure that there is greater discipline in schools, with headteachers having the right to exclude pupils, and we would enable schools to make behaviour contracts legally enforceable."
He added that if the Conservatives win the next general election all pupil referral units will be required to "adopt the best practice" of those units and special schools for pupils with challenging behaviour that are graded as outstanding by Ofsted.
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