The Court of Appeal ruled that The Lord Grey School in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, breached the Human Rights Act when Abdul Hakim Ali was removed from the school roll after he was accused of causing a fire with two other boys.
This is believed to the first freestanding claim against a school under the Human Rights Act.
Julie Thomas, an education lawyer from the Children's Legal Centre at the University of Essex and solicitor for the case, said: "The Act has a role to play in enforcing the duties of schools and local education authorities."
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