SCHOOL EXCLUSION APPEALS PANELS

That this House supports the right of appeal for children excluded from school and recognises that appeals panels provide an important means to overturn unjust exclusions; recognises that exclusion has an extremely negative effect on a pupil's education and life chances and that scrapping the appeals process will have a disproportionately negative impact on Black Caribbean boys who are three times more likely than their white counterparts to be excluded; and calls on the Government to confirm that appeals panels will not be scrapped as part of its ongoing education reforms.