Study links schools exclusion to long-term mental health problems

Thu 14th Sep 2017

Associate in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team, Clare Mackay comments in Education Executive on new research showing that excluding pupils can lead to long-term psychiatric problems.

She comments "a pupil's psychological condition can be a disability for the Equality Act 2010 if it presents as a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities".

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