England’s children's commissioner wants to tackle pupil exclusions and ‘off-rolling’.
- Credit: PA
The former head of a Norfolk multi-academy trust has said she wants to use her new role as England’s children's commissioner to tackle pupil exclusions and "off-rolling".
The pledge comes despite Ofsted having raised concerns about potential 'off-rolling' at one of her former schools.
East Point Academy in Lowestoft was inspected in October 2019 over concerns about safeguarding and "pupil movement", specifically ‘off-rolling’ - the practice of removing pupils from the school roll without a formal expulsion, or by encouraging parents to remove their child "when the removal is primarily in the interests of the school".