Almost 900 expelled from school every day

Almost 900 pupils are excluded from state schools every day for abusing or assaulting staff or their classmates, reports the Independent’s Richard Garner. The most common reason for exclusion was persistent disruptive behaviour, which accounted for 29 per cent of all permanent exclusions and 23 per cent of those for a fixed term.

Are the school summer holidays just too long?

Observer columnist Barbara Ellen and teacher Francis Gilbert debate whether children and parents would benefit from a shorter summer break.

Ofsted to make spot checks at schools with unruly pupils

Inspectors will make unannounced visits at schools where problems of pupil indiscipline have been identified, reports Lewis Smith in The Independent. The spot checks will be trialled by Ofsted from this autumn in schools with behaviour problems and a “satisfactory” rating.

Truancy guidelines to be toughened up

The way in which pupils in England are judged to be “persistent truants” is being tightened from October, reports BBC News. The Department for Education is changing the definition of “persistent absence” from missing 20% of lessons to missing 15%.

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