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Wokingham council has been taken to task over the disproportionate number of exclusions for Black and Mixed-Race children compared to White children in the area’s schools. The issue was raised by Shirley Boyt, a Labour councillor, who pressed the Wokingham Borough Council’s Children’s Services executive member on the issue. Cllr Boyt said: “In March this year, The Guardian published a report revealing a huge disparity in school exclusions, between Black and Mixed-Race children compared to their white peers. “Research by the Runnymede Trust has shown that exclusions have a detrimental impact on children, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and with diminished life chances. ....