Useful contacts and publications:

• Advisory Centre for Education (ACE), an independent national education advice centre which offers confidential advice to parents. Follow the link in the related information section or call the exclusion information line (24hr answer phone): 0207 7049822 (or text 'Ask ACE' to 68808). A link to their website can be found below.
• Department for Education , for detailed guidance on Exclusion from Schools and Pupil Referral Units containing information on when and how exclusion should be implemented and procedures for appeals against exclusion, select the link in the useful websites section, or to order a hard copy, call 0845 6022260 quoting reference 00573-2008DOM-EN (hard copies can also be ordered online).

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