Index card R (TZA) v A Secondary School

Hearings

11 Jul 2023 [2023] EWHC 1722 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 2051; [2023] WLR(D) 304, KBD (Judge Thomas Church sitting as a High Court judge)

Subject Matter

EDUCATION — School — Exclusion — Child with protected characteristics permanently excluded from school — Whether failure to have “due regard” to public sector equality duty — Whether decision inadequately reasoned and unlawful — Education Act 2002 (c 32), s 51A(1) — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149 — School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1033)

[2023] EWHC 1722 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 2051; [2023] WLR(D) 304, KBD

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149

Education Act 2002 (c 32), s 51A(1)

Statutory Instruments

School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1033),

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: R (TZA) v A Secondary School [2023] EWHC 1722 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 2051; [2023] WLR(D) 304, KBD

R (A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin); [2022] ELR 626, QBD Dicta of Lang J, para 87 applied

R (D) v Hackney London Borough Council [2019] EWHC 943 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 1947; [2019] WLR(D) 228, QBD Applied

R (KE) v Bristol City Council [2018] EWHC 2103 (Admin); [2018] ELR 502, QBD Dicta of Judge Cotter QC sitting as a judge of the Queen’s Bench Division, paras 50–52 applied

R (Bracking) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 1345; [2014] Eq LR 60; 16 CCLR 479; [2013] CN 1661, CA Dicta of McCombe LJ, para 26(5) considered

R (Hurley) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2012] EWHC 201 (Admin); [2012] HRLR 374; [2012] HRLR 13, DC Dicta of Elias LJ, paras 77–78 applied

Baker v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] EWCA Civ 141; [2009] PTSR 809; [2009] LGR 239, CA Dicta of Dyson LJ, para 31 applied

South Bucks District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] UKHL 33; [2004] 1 WLR 1953; [2004] 4 All ER 775, HL(E) Dicta of Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, para 36 applied

R (Asha Foundation) v Millennium Commission [2003] EWCA Civ 88, CA Dicta of Lord Woolf CJ, para 27 applied

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Doody [1994] 1 AC 531; [1993] 3 WLR 154; [1993] 3 All ER 92, HL(E) Dicta of Lord Mustill, p 565G applied

R v Governors of the Bishop Challoner Roman Catholic Comprehensive Girls’ School, Ex parte Choudhury [1992] 2 AC 182; [1992] 3 WLR 99; [1992] 3 All ER 277; 90 LGR 445, HL(E) Dicta of Lord Browne-Wilkinson, p 197E applied

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: R (TZA) v A Secondary School [2023] EWHC 1722 (Admin); [2023] PTSR 2051; [2023] WLR(D) 304, KBD

Adamson, R (On the Application Of) v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council [2019] EWHC 1129 (Admin), QBD

Aldwyck Housing Group Ltd v Forward [2019] EWCA Civ 1334; [2020] 1 WLR 584; [2019] WLR(D) 433, CA

BT & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Barnet [2019] EWHC 3404 (Admin), QBD

Baker v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] EWCA Civ 141; [2009] PTSR 809; [2009] LGR 239, CA

CR (R on the application of) v Independent Review Panel Of The London Borough Of Lambeth [2014] EWHC 2461 (Admin), QBD

Foley v Cardiff City and County Council [2020] EWHC 2182 (Admin), QBD

Ghulam (R on the Application of) v SSHD & Equality and Human Rights Commission [2016] EWHC 2639 (Admin), QBD

Hawke (R on the application of) v Secretary Of State For Justice [2015] EWHC 4093 (Admin), QBD

Hotak v Southwark London Borough Council [2015] UKSC 30; [2016] AC 811; [2015] 2 WLR 1341; [2015] PTSR 1189; [2015] 3 All ER 1053; [2015] HLR 23; [2015] WLR (D) 224; The Times, 25 May 2015; Case details; [2015] BLGR 530, SC(E)

Hurley and Moore v Secretary Of State For Business Innovation & Skills [2012] EWHC 201 (Admin), QBD

Pieretti v Enfield London Borough Council [2010] EWCA Civ 1104; [2011] PTSR 565; [2011] 2 All ER 642; [2010] LGR 944; [2010] WLR (D) 248, CA

R (A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin); [2022] ELR 626, QBD

R (Asha Foundation) v Millennium Commission [2003] EWCA Civ 88, CA

R (Bracking) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2013] EWCA Civ 1345; [2014] Eq LR 60; 16 CCLR 479; [2013] CN 1661, CA

R (Brown) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2008] EWHC 3158 (Admin); [2009] PTSR 1506, DC

R (D) v Hackney London Borough Council [2019] EWHC 943 (Admin); [2019] PTSR 1947; [2019] WLR(D) 228, QBD

R (DR) v Head Teacher of St George’s Catholic School [2002] EWCA Civ 1822; [2003] LGR 371, CA

R (Gathercole) v Suffolk County Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1179; [2021] PTSR 359; [2020] WLR(D) 509, CA

R (Goring-on-Thames Parish Council) v South Oxfordshire District Council (Practice Note) [2018] EWCA Civ 860; [2018] 1 WLR 5161; [2018] WLR(D) 266, CA

R (KE) v Bristol City Council [2018] EWHC 2103 (Admin); [2018] ELR 502, QBD

R (Public and Commercial Services Union) v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2017] EWHC 1787 (Admin); [2018] ICR 269; [2018] 1 All ER 142; [2017] WLR (D) 480, DC

R v Blackpool Borough Council Education Committee, Ex p Taylor [1999] ELR 237

R v Governors of Dunraven School, Ex parte B [2000] LGR 494, CA

R v Governors of the Bishop Challoner Roman Catholic Comprehensive Girls’ School, Ex parte Choudhury [1992] 2 AC 182; [1992] 3 WLR 99; [1992] 3 All ER 277; 90 LGR 445, HL(E)

R v Northamptonshire County Council, Ex p W [1998] ELR 291

R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Doody [1994] 1 AC 531; [1993] 3 WLR 154; [1993] 3 All ER 92, HL(E)

S & Anor, R (on the application of) v Independent Appeal Panel of Birmingham City Council [2006] EWHC 2369 (Admin), QBD

S (R on the application of) v London Borough of Brent [2002] EWCA Civ 693, CA

South Bucks District Council v Porter (No 2) [2004] UKHL 33; [2004] 1 WLR 1953; [2004] 4 All ER 775, HL(E)

W (A Minor) v Lancashire County Council Education Appeal Committee [1994] ELR 530