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Thanks Ditto, that's really helpful. I'm trying to follow up with ICO at the moment. Will update as soon as I manage to get some guidance.

ESFA is the Education & Skills Funding Agency https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esfa Hope this helps

Hi All The DfE guidance around Exclusions (Sept 2017) contains statutory guidance advising the governing board in preparing for the consideration of an exclusion hearing that attendees are provided with the same evidence pack 5 days ahead of the hearing date ie, inclusion officer, social worker, parents and governors (and possibly others). DPOs of some schools are beginning to advise their respective school to only make this information available to attendees 1 hour prior to the meeting in order to avoid a personal data breach. The guidance around exclusions is dated 2017 and is obviously pre-GDPR. Has anyone had any experience of this? I tend to feel that a either decision should be made on a case by case basis and that the decision should rest with the DPO or that the pack should ask all those in receipt to respect the confidentiality of the evidence and to return the document within an agreed period of time. Any thoughts? Many thanks Annette