Hood, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-4134-4892, Goldacre, A., Jones, E. et al. (3 more authors) (2024) Factors associated with the school exclusion gap for children with social work involvement: a retrospective cohort study using national administrative data. The British Journal of Social Work. bcae179. ISSN 0045-3102
Abstract
Children who receive social care services are known to have higher exclusion rates than those without social care involvement. However, there is limited evidence on which groups of children are most at risk of this exclusion gap. This article reports on a retrospective analysis of administrative data from the National Pupil Database in England, covering two age-based cohorts of children (n = 1.2 million) who took standardized tests in 2019. Children receiving social care services within the previous five years were compared with those with no social care involvement, focusing on rates of exclusion within a 12 month period. Regression models were estimated to examine how the relative likelihood of exclusion was associated with a range of covariates, including demographic characteristics, special educational needs and disabilities, categories of social care need, and various aspects of provision. Results showed that the gap in exclusions was wider for children with multiple episodes of social care involvement, some—but not all—types of special educational needs and disabilities, and for certain categories of social care needs. Implications for policy and practice are discussed, particularly with respect to children with behavioural difficulties.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
Keywords: | child protection; disabilities; education; exclusion; quantitative analysis; safeguarding |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2024 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 11:40 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae179 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/bjsw/bcae179 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220350 |