'Radical changes' are needed on exclusion, say headteachers.

Reports on a proposal paper submitted by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) to the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) of Great Britain, which calls for radical changes to the system by which pupils are excluded from schools. Failure of the DfES guidance to address the issue of very serious parental misbehavior; Need for more collaboration between special and mainstream schools; Remarks from David Hart, NAHT general secretary, on the paper submitted by his association.