Almost one-third of schools fail to provide excluded pupils with suitable alternative education, Ofsted has reported. A study by the education watchdog, published on 13 May, reveals eight out of 28 schools visited by inspectors failed to comply with new legal requirements to ensure excluded pupils continued with an appropriate learning plan. The sticking point is that schools which exclude pupils do not work in conjunction with other schools to provide alternative education – as they are now required to. Christine Gilbert, chief inspector at Ofsted, said it was ‘essential' that schools linked up to improve matters.