Exclusions data 2018-2020

Dear Lucy

We write in response to your request for information regarding exclusion
data.  The answers to questions 1 – 3 & 5 are within the attached
spreadsheet.   We do not hold the data centrally for question 4.  Our
schools will hold this information, but not in the format that you have
requested.  We have calculated that responding to this part of your
request will exceed the appropriate cost limit as set out in section 12 of
the Act as it will take more than 18 staff hours to pull the answers
together from the information that our schools hold.

Please note that

• The first tab in the spreadsheet “coverage” shows which schools the
data pertains to.
• In the autumn term 19/20 we do not hold pupil ethnicity data at the
centre for the schools that were new to the MAT that term.  These are
shown as ‘P’ on the coverage tab.  For these schools we have provide
the total pupil numbers for the term and the exclusions data.
• Permanent exclusions are shown on the PERM tabs, Fixed term exclusions
are shown on the FIXED tabs.
• The academic year 19/20 is labelled 1920 etc.
• For fixed term exclusions, the provided data does not include Bacon's
College, Cornerstone Academy, Glenmoor and Winton Academies;
Goresbrook School; Irlam and Cadishead Academy; The Albion Academy and
Wye School.  This is because these schools hold the number of fixed
term exclusion instances but not the length (or the cumulative length)
of those exclusions.

6.  Actions taken by the Trust to reduce the number of
exclusions/suspensions that are issued in our secondary academies include:

Clear and consistent expectations

• ​We have a trust-wide behaviour policy, which is updated annually to
reflect changes at national and trust level. This has included in
recent years a focus on reasonable adjustment alongside the culture
and ethos we seek in all trust schools
• We have produced a trust wide behaviour curriculum which has been
distributed to all secondary academies. This identifies clear
strategies for leaders to implement that focuses on reducing exclusion
and makes behaviour a subject itself that pupils need to be taught and
understand. This is reviewed and amended annually

Monitoring and oversight

• Our Regional Directors have oversight of every exclusion and permanent
exclusion made in the trust. Before taking the decision to recommend a
student be permanently excluded, the Headteacher is expected to
discuss the rationale for their decision with the relevant Regional
Director
• We collect exclusion data from our schools’ Management Information
System on a weekly basis. This can be viewed by executive leaders
across the trust and feeds into half-termly meetings led by the CEO.
• Schools with exclusion data significantly above the trust-wide average
produce exclusion reduction action plans that are monitored by the
Regional and National Director
• Behaviour and exclusions is a standing item on the agenda for our
termly monitoring meetings with schools (named T-meetings). Regional
Directors lead these meetings and follow up on actions.
• The staff survey (conducted annually) surveys every teacher in every
school and poses questions about the effectiveness of behaviour
policies implemented at school level. These responses are then
scrutinised, and individual school action plans produced.

Support for schools

• We have appointed a SEND adviser at trust level to work alongside
Principals, Regional Directors and SENCOs, including in relation to
ensuring pupils with SEND needs have reasonable adjustments made in
and out of the classroom.
• We provide trust-level termly behaviour webinars, which are attended
by all SLT behaviour leads in schools. These webinars are used to
share best practice in and beyond the trust in regards reducing
exclusion and increasing attendance.
• We have invested in trust wide CPD for our existing and new leaders
and teachers, for example, through input to leaders’ conferences on
‘creating an effective culture’ and behaviour-focused sessions for all
newly-appointed staff at our annual Best In Everyone induction
conference.

Kind Regards

The FOIA Team

United Learning

Worldwide House

Thorpe Wood

Peterborough

PE3 6SB

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