Suspension Isn't Automatic: KCSiE's 5 Alternatives First

Twenty to four, the head's on the corridor, "just you" — and the first sentence has "a parent has made" in it. Everyone in the staffroom knows what happens next: you're suspended, that's automatic. Keeping children safe in education 2026 says the opposite, in those words. A reader and a staffroom veteran go through Part four, section one: the five alternatives a school must consider first, the named contact and written reasons you're owed within a day, why the police can't require your suspension, the five outcome words, and which of them can ever appear in a reference.

Sources: DfE — Keeping children safe in education 2026, Part four, section one (paragraphs 437–505) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

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