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

本研究旨在探讨和呈现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，有3928名儿童和年轻人被永久排除在外。这些青少年中的大多数将被安置在替代提供（AP），通常是一个学生转介单位（PRU）。目前，英格兰共有22,800名青少年在公立公立学校就读，其中40%有特殊教育需求和残疾，而主流学校的这一比例为14%。建议的研究将集中于被主流学校排除在外而进入培训学校的青少年的经历，以及从培训学校重新融入主流学校的过程。该研究将强调参与这些过程的CYP的声音，特别是那些经历过多次排斥、在pru安置和重新融入失败的人。到目前为止，还没有研究评估实习的持续时间和重复实习的频率。此外，缺乏对经历过多次再融合的青少年的经验的描述。这项研究将采用两阶段的办法：1 (a)合并关于排除、培训单位和重新融入社会的现有数据，包括学生人口统计、在培训单位实习的时间以及反复排除和重新融入社会的情况。(b)审查和分析灰色文献（例如外部机构的论文和学位论文、文件和政策以及学生对教育、保健和护理计划评估的意见）中现有的学生意见(a)收集和代表CYP在pru中安置和过渡的经验。(b)提出一项以学生为中心的建议，说明从培训单位重新融入社会的最佳做法。这项研究将有助于更广泛地了解被排除的CYP在pru中的安置和通过pru的过渡，并代表一个研究不足和被排除的群体的经验。

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.