The Department for Education (DfE) is consulting on new shortened pupil behaviour and discipline guidance due to be published in July.
But the move to do away with existing guidance before the new regulations are finalised means that schools will have no information to refer to if an incident occurs over the next three months.
Martin Rogers, a policy consultant at the Children’s Services Network, labelled the government’s decision to remove the guidance as "extraordinary".
"There’s nothing even in the consultation document to say that the previous guidance has actually been withdrawn," he said.
"If someone makes a complaint against a teacher between now and July there is no guidance that anyone can fall back on and say, ‘I just did what the guidance said’. I think that could be pretty serious if cases arise during that period and people aren’t happy with the way they’re dealt with."
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