The warning came from former Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, who told MPs his own experience of excluding young people as a headteacher left them in "great danger of being drawn into crime".
Wilshaw, part of a panel of witnesses to give evidence, said earlier intervention is needed if the number of exclusions are to be reduced.
"I realised I was often committing them to a miserable few years afterwards so it was a very painful decision to make and we sent negative messages to that youngster and their family about themselves," he said.
He told the committee many of the young people excluded from school came from "difficult, often dysfunctional, chaotic homes".
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