School Exclusions

Note: This service is statutory for Community, Voluntary Aided & Foundation Schools in Enfield

The School Exclusion Review Service is offered to all non-local authority maintained / voluntary aided controlled schools. If requested, these schools are responsible for arranging an Independent Panel to review the decision of a governing body not to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil.

The Council’s service operates well-established procedures and practices for arranging School Exclusion Reviews. The Council’s service has a proven track record of successfully arranging exclusion reviews within the statutory framework and has built up a large pool of experienced and trained independent panel members. 

We provide a full service which covers matters such as contacting the parents and dealing with all queries and bookings relating to the hearing, so we require little from the school aside from producing necessary paperwork and attending the hearing on the day. We can also provide tailored quotations based on your specific service needs.

• For each appeal lodged with the School Appeals Service, the school will be invoiced for the sum for each individual appeal. However, we do apply a discount for schools who are signed up to our service which offers a saving on every fourth hearing (admission or exclusion) held. There is also a tiered pricing structure to reflect reduced costs for cases which do not proceed to full hearing.

• The cost includes the provision of panel members and covering all the necessary administration such as clerking by a legally trained person; compiling, printing and send out paperwork bundle; providing the venue and refreshments for hearings

• Should an interpreter be required to attend the hearing, the cost of this will be payable by the school. An interpreter traded service can be found on this site.

• Hearings scheduled outside Enfield Borough may incur additional charges such as travelling costs for visits offsite or external room hire costs.

Note: This service is statutory for Community, Voluntary Aided & Foundation Schools in Enfield