Black pupils are disproportionately hit with fixed-term exclusions in England - by three times as many in some places, data shows.
Pupils with black ethnicity have higher temporary exclusion rates in two-thirds of local authority areas, new analysis from the House of Commons library says.
Discipline policies banning African and Caribbean hairstyles, kissing teeth and fist-bumping are being blamed in part.
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