In a letter to Liberal Democrat Baroness Shirley Williams, schoolsminister Jim Knight sets out guidance on the parts of the Education andInspections Act 2006 that place a duty on parents to make sure excludedchildren are not seen in a "public place".
The Act introduced provisions that would require schools to providefull-time education after five days of exclusion. Crucially, this was tobe based on aggregate days - so that if a child had already beenexcluded for five days, the school would be responsible for providingeducation if they were excluded again.
But, after lobbying from teachers, Knight decided this would be tooburdensome for schools and that they should only be responsible where anindividual exclusion is longer than five days. Parents will now beresponsible for ensuring their child is not in a public place for thefirst five days of any exclusion - even if the child has previously beenexcluded.
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