Fairness in school exclusions: A roadmap for changeThis report draws on CCLC’s legal casework representing children facing exclusion, alongside case studies from Coram’s Child Law Advice Service. It highlights how children with the greatest level of need can lose access to education through informal exclusionary practices with little transparency or independent scrutiny.
Ahead of the Government’s upcoming inclusion reforms, the report calls for clearer national guidance on exclusionary practices operating outside, or on the margins of, the statutory framework and sets out a series of recommendations to ensure strengthened IRPs and greater transparency and accountability across the exclusions system.
Read the report here.
The Secretary of State’s announcement of a call for evidence is a welcome step providing an opportunity for greater accountability on internal suspension and the post-suspension process The Education Secretary stated in her speech today that she wants to ‘improve how we do exclusions’. Setting out ways this can be done was the aim of CCLC’s…
15/10/2026
Today’s school exclusion statistics do not show the full scale of school exclusions: the official figures only tell part of the story. Statistics on school exclusions show that the numbers of children being temporarily or permanently excluded from school have fallen for the first time since the pandemic. This change in direction is a positive…
10/07/2026
The Government’s pilot to offer families up to £40,000 if they leave within seven days raises concerns amongst organisations working with families in the asylum system. For families seeking asylum there can be a number of barriers preventing return such as governments refusing to issue travel documents or nationality being disputed. Serious medical needs, risks…
05/03/2026
At least one in every ten children in care has an unresolved immigration or nationality issue, according to new research published by Coram Children’s Legal Centre and the South London Refugee Association and endorsed by many major children’s organisations.
The report, Taking Care: How local authorities can best address immigration issues of children in care, also finds that delaying help on immigration and nationality issues could be costing local authorities hundreds of thousands of pounds per year. A citizenship application for a child costs £1012; by contrast, waiting until the young person leaves care can cost as much as £130,000 in Home Office fees and support with living.
Coram Children’s Legal Centre and other charities are working with local authorities, asking them to sign a pledge to: