Indicators such as worsening behaviour are being spotted by almost all (97 per cent) of teachers surveyed for the research commissioned by Mission 44, a youth inclusivity charity set up by racing driver Lewis Hamilton.
However, only 62 per cent say these signs were being picked up and acted upon by schools and wider support services, according to the organisation's 'Nothing Happens in Isolation' report, published as part of its campaign to cut exclusion rates.
A similar proportion believe these signs could have been picked up “several years before exclusion" and just under half believe early intervention by their school “would have helped prevent exclusion”.
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