Schools in Bristol could soon face a new rule banning exclusions as headteachers in a London borough have slammed a similar move.
Bristol’s youth mayors are urging schools to completely stop excluding students, amid concerns of racism and harming the life chances of disadvantaged young people. Marvin Rees, Bristol mayor, backed the zero-exclusions policy as the issue was “very close” to him.
A similar zero-exclusions policy was recently introduced in the London Borough of Southwark, after council chiefs there said black pupils were more likely to be kicked out of school. But many local headteachers are now rebelling, the Sunday Times recently reported.
