scnools witn tne nignest exclus,o n rates were tnose in wnicn pupils wno misbehaved were most ra pidly referred up [0 senior staff rather th an being dealt with by clas..~ teachers or form tutors (McManus 1987) . Th, " finding suggests that exclusion rates could be reduced in some schools by reorganising their internal referral systems.
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Ih t an L 10 fW I h rEi e working group h 'utd be "I up a!< 50( n • ~ po55iblc to d '\'dop !.eriou incidelU5 reporting y I m with th" aim of b.a,-ing a pit t )' t(m in pI ce b pt 'mber 19 ; and
39. Z that, as soon as po sible thereafter, all L houtd tabll h en, ~ in iden! r 'ponin • U: nd houlJ m nitor , nd t upon th informC:llion th [Ih e tern pro,·id,
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Both the national and local components of serious incidents reponing systems would need [0 be very carefully designed to maximise clarity and minimise bureaucracy . Differ~nr information needs exist at local and national levels. We envi.age a system witn a standardised 'core' of information needed hy the D ES or Welsh Office. Each LEA could then add its own more detail ed information requirements. The national core might consist only or information ahout violence to sraff, violent'c' to pupils resulting in injury, serious vandalism and the permanent exclusion of pupils (r m sch Is. Preventing Violence to Staff includes some useful gu idance on laSl;ifying v,olent incidents and setting up recording systems, includmg a model incident report (orm. We u,n·.ider that exclusion record., should include dctails o( the age. ,;ex and ethnic origin o( each o( the pupils involved, full delails of the reason~ fur the exclusion and how it wa.' resolved, whether by transfer to another school or unit or home tuition or some other means.
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This enquiry was set up by [he Secretary of Srare partly in re.spo nse to reportS of physical a tt ~ cks on teachers and other school staff by pupils and parents. This issue is a matter n( the gra,'est concern to us . The breakdown of violent inciuents resulting in injuri es to school staff shown above provides a reas()nabl y precise indication of the number of violent inciuents resulting in injury which took place in One inner-city LEA in a year. The proble'D of attacks does not appear to be large in terms o( the number of staff affected. We do not, howevcr, underestimate it, seriousness for the individuals and schools involved.
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