It would be hard to justify not excluding a pupil who threatens another child in school with a knife.
An education welfare officer explains how he made sure the child's needs were taken into account without compromising the school's need to maintain discipline.
I was called to a local primary school a few weeks ago after one of its pupils, a 10-year-old boy who was in care, took a knife onto the premises. He was provoked by another child in the playground and responded by threatening to stab them. Although the threat was not carried out, his behaviour clearly posed a danger both to other pupils and teachers at the school.
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