"Suspensions were introduced 40 years ago long before the existence of mobile phones and social media. Today, suspension at home can mean unfettered access to friends and online gaming doing little to address behaviour, enforce punishment or re-engage pupils with learning. The government has been clear that mobile phones have no place in schools. This reform will bring suspensions in line with that principle, ending the contradiction where pupils are restricted from phones in school but effectively handed them all day when suspended."
"The most serious and violent behaviour will still result in pupils being removed from the school environment and the new framework will not replace at home suspensions. Headteachers will retain the flexibility to apply suspensions, with the new framework formalising the use of internal exclusions to allow pupils to continue learning in a separate, supervised setting, away from other pupils reinforcing clear behavioural expectations while providing schools with the structure to address disruptive conduct."
The Department for Education will consult on behaviour policy to encourage internal exclusions for non-violent misbehaviour and reserve suspensions for serious, violent incidents. Internal exclusion units will enable pupils to continue supervised learning away from other students while reinforcing behavioural expectations and providing structure to address disruption. The reform aims to prevent suspended pupils having unfettered access to mobile phones and online platforms that can undermine punishment and re-engagement. Headteachers will retain discretion to apply suspensions in appropriate cases. Critics warn the change may weaken the deterrent effect of suspensions. The High Court has upheld the use of isolation booths in schools in England.
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