"Where have you been?" - An exploration of excluded young people's experiences of placement at Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and their transitions betwe

这项研究旨在探索和展示被永久排除在主流学校之外的儿童和青少年(CYP)的经历。在2020/2021学年，3928名儿童和青年被永久排除在外。这些CYP中的大多数将被安置在替代方案(AP)中，通常是学生转介单位(PRU)。目前，英格兰有22,800人就读于PRU，其中40%有特殊教育需要和残疾，而主流学校人口的这一比例为14%。拟议的研究将集中于被主流学校排除在PRU之外的CYP的经历，以及从PRU重新融入主流学校的过程。这项研究将突出CYP在这些过程中的声音，特别是那些经历了多次排除、安置在PRU和失败的重新整合的人。到目前为止，还没有研究评估安置的持续时间或在PRU重复安置的频率。此外，缺乏对经历过多次重新整合的CYP的经验的代表性。这项研究将分两个阶段进行：1(A)综合现有的数据，包括学生的人口统计数据、在PRU的安置时间以及反复被排除和重新融入的案例。(B)审查和分析灰色文献中关于学生声音的现有表述，例如论文和论文、外部机构的文件和政策以及学生对教育、保健和保健计划评估的看法。2(A)收集和介绍CYP在以下方面的安置和过渡的经验：(B)提出一项以学生为中心的关于从PRU重新融入社会的最佳做法的建议。这项研究将有助于更广泛地了解被排除的CYP的安置和通过PRU的过渡，并代表研究不足和被排除在外的群体的经验。

This research aims to explore and represent the experiences of children and young people (CYP) who are permanently excluded from mainstream schools. In the school year of 2020/2021, 3,928 children and young people were permanently excluded. The majority of these CYP will have been placed in alternative provision (AP), usually a pupil referral unit (PRU). At present, 22,800 CYP attend PRUs across England, 40% of which have special educational needs and disabilities, compared to 14% of the mainstream school population.The proposed research will focus on the experiences of CYP who have been excluded from mainstream schools and attend PRUs, and the reintegration process from PRUs back into mainstream schools. The research will highlight the voices of CYP involved in these processes, particularly those who have experienced multiple exclusions, placements at PRUs and failed reintegrations. As yet, there is no research assessing the duration of placements nor the frequency of repeat placements at PRUs. Moreover, there is a lack of representation of the experiences of CYP who have experiences multiple reintegrations. The research will use a two-phase approach:1 (a) Consolidate data available on exclusions, PRUs and reintegrations, including pupil demographics, duration of placements at PRUs and cases of repeated exclusions and reintegrations.(b) Review and analyse existing representations of student voice found within grey literature, such as theses and dissertations, documents and policies from external agencies and pupil views in education, health and care plan assessments.2 (a) Collect and represent CYP's experiences of placements in, and transition through, PRUs.(b) Produce a student-centred recommendation of best practice regarding reintegration from PRUs.This research will contribute to the wider picture of excluded CYP's placements in and transitions through PRUs, and represent the experiences of an under-researched and excluded group.