Learning from good practice

Reducing Inequalities in School Exclusion: Learning from good practice

Funded by the Office of the Children's Commissioner, this research study is led by Dr Louise Gazeley and Dr Janet Boddy and involves a cross-disciplinary team working within the School of Education and Social Work, including Dr Tish Marrable and Chris Brown.

This study built on the Children's Commissioner's Inquiry into School Exclusions which highlighted the disproportionate exclusion rate of certain groups of young people from secondary school - including boys, black and ethnic minority groups, those partaking in Free School Meals and those with Special Educational Needs. It addressed this significant concern and identified - and informed the development of - good practice with regard:

- practice in schools

- initial teacher education (ITE)

- workforce training and development.

Research involved ITE providers identified as exemplars of good practice in addressing equality and diversity, local authority staff working with excluded young people, and five case study schools identified as exemplars of well-developed practice in tackling inequality in terms of school exclusion.

The full report, They Go The Extra Mile, is available to download from the Office of the Children's Commission website. The report which Louise Gazeley's team produced to feed into the full report is Annex A.

To find out more, contact Dr Louise Gazeley: 
E L.H.Gazeley@sussex.ac.uk