Today's news that more children under the age of 11 are being suspended in England comes after Ofsted inspectors concluded that primary schools were dealing better with bad behaviour.
So is this apparent crackdown working? It comes after years in which headteachers were urged to make every effort to keep children in school rather than send them home.
Local authorities have a duty to educate children who are out of school with a system of home visits but their prospects of getting any meaningful education are pretty bleak so high expulsions are a worry.
But keeping disruptive children in the classroom prompted frustration among teachers - and other parents. (Parents tend to be in favour of punitive action against all kids, except their own who just need a little understanding.)
Or are rising suspensions the flipside of the more formal, test-driven ethos in primary schools these days where heads worry about their place in the league tables for Sats?
Has your child been suspended or expelled from school? Has your child's education suffered from disruption by fellow pupils who should have been expelled?
