More than eight in 10 young people in custody have faced suspension or exclusion from school, government figures show.
A coalition of children’s charities led by Just for Kids Law has written to Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi urging him to increase protections for excluded children against such risks.
Just for Kids Law has shared information on the ways in which school exclusions entrench child criminal exploitation:
Exploiters will often engineer a child’s exclusion, including coercing victims to carry drugs or weapons into school which will likely result in an exclusion.
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