Pupil referral unit for youngsters permanently excluded from schools in Oldham to be expanded
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA pupil referral unit in Oldham is to be expanded to take in extra children who have been permanently excluded from mainstream schools.At a meeting on Monday night bosses agreed to increase the planned admission number for Kingsland School by 30 to 100.The intake will be made up of 70 children who have been permanently excluded from other schools, and 30 children who attend the specialist learning centre.The specialist learning centre (SLC) takes students referred by child and adolescent mental health services, with a medical problem or who are pregnant.The aim of the services at the Kingsland School referral unit is to ‘reintegrate children as soon as possible back into a mainstream setting’.However the admission number and available space.
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