 More than one million days of learning has been lost for children after record numbers of pupils were suspended from school in the UK. Thousands of students have missed out every day because of suspensions – and the majority of those are living in poverty. The equivalent of more than 3,000 children each day lost learning through suspension from school in 2021/22, Department for Education data reveals. The figure is higher than before the pandemic, with 2,300 children losing out on learning daily in 2018/19, according to a joint report from charity Impetus, think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and school leadership charity The Difference. And as suspensions have risen, a rise in permanent exclusions is expected to follow, the report by a new Who's Losing Learning? Coalition says. Suspensions are a point of intervention for schools when difficult behaviours come to the fore, and begin to escalate. They mark a potential to investigate the cause, and reduce likelihood of further risk and harm, the coalition adds. The majority of the suspended students are also living in poverty (Picture: Getty Images) More than half of all suspensions were of children living in poverty, who are 3.7 times more likely to be sent home than other children, the report says. Compared to pre-pandemic suspensions, the numbers of children in poverty losing learning in this way has increased by 75%, against a rise of only 4% for those not in poverty. Also, children with social workers are four times more likely to lose learning through being sent home from school. Children with special needs are also more likely to lose learning this way – those in the higher tier of recognised need with Education Health Care Plans are 3.7 times more likely. More students are losing out on learning now, compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic (Picture: Getty Images) While white){kind=link}
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More than one million days of learning has been lost for children after record numbers of pupils were suspended from school in the UK.
Thousands of students have missed out every day because of suspensions – and the majority of those are living in poverty.
The equivalent of more than 3,000 children each day lost learning through suspension from school in 2021/22, Department for Education data reveals.
The figure is higher than before the pandemic, with 2,300 children losing out on learning daily in 2018/19, according to a joint report from charity Impetus, think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and school leadership charity The Difference.