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Pupil Disciplinary Committee Meeting Overview
Serious Breaches
Persistent Breaches
PDC Pack Contents
| Information | Serious Breach | Persistent Breaches |
| Table of Contents | ✓ | ✓ |
| Previous Fixed Period Exclusion Letters | ✓ | ✓ |
| Permanent Exclusion Letters | ✓ | ✓ |
| School Behaviour Policy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Headteacher Statement | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anonymised Witness Statements | ✓ | |
| Statement from the Pupil | ✓ | |
| Relevant photographs, maps or diagrams | ✓ | |
| Timeline of events | ✓ | |
| Evidence of internal strategies e.g. school support plan, mentoring timetable | ✓ | |
| Evidence of external strategies e.g. education psychologist report, external advice recieved | ✓ | |
| Behaviour log | ✓ |
Attendees
- A minimum of 3 Governors
- Clerk to the meeting
- Headteacher
- Parents and/or their representative (the pupil may also attend)
- Social Worker (if the pupil has one)
- Local Authority Education Officer (In the case of an Academy, if requested by parents)
Sample Meeting Format
- Introduction from all attendees
- The chair of the panel sets out the remit of the panel
- The headteacher presents a statement followed by questions from attendees
- The parents present a statement followed by questions from attendees (pupil may also present)
- Local Authority Officers followed by questions from attendees
- Headteacher closing statement
- Parents closing statement
- All parties except the clerk and the panel leave the room to allow the governors to reach a decision