questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on (a) the use of suspension by schools in England and (b) compliance with the statutory guidance "Suspension and Permanent Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement"; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor proportionality in the application of that guidance at school level.
answerText: The department monitors trends in suspensions regularly through our published statistical releases. The decision to exclude a pupil rightly lies with headteachers, and we are clear that exclusion may be necessary in the most serious cases to maintain safe...
heading: Pupil Exclusions