156Power of head teacher to exclude pupils
(1)The articles of government for a county, voluntary or maintained special school shall provide for the power to exclude a pupil from the school (whether by suspension, expulsion or otherwise) to be exercisable only by the head teacher.
(2)The head teacher of any such school may not—
(a)so exercise the power to exclude a pupil from the school for one or more fixed periods that the pupil is so excluded for more than 15 school days in any one term, or
(b)exclude a pupil from the school for an indefinite period;
but this subsection is without prejudice to the power to exclude a pupil from the school permanently.
(3)Subsection (2) has effect, in the case of a school having articles of government, despite anything in the articles.