The exclusion landscape across the country is changing. In Scotland, for example, we have seen a decrease in cases of temporary school exclusions from 44,794 in 2008/09 to 11,676 during the last academic year. Only one pupil was permanently excluded in 2022/23.
The background to all this is complex. While the recent recorded increase in violence and verbal abuse in Scottish schools has seen calls for much more clarity from the government on what sanctions are available to school leaders, the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law has seen increased pressure to reduce exclusions and to look for approaches based more on promoting positive relationships.
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