The Excluded Initiative was a campaign to reduce school exclusions, that is, to help schools build their own inclusion capacity and tackle the root causes of suspensions and exclusions. The initiative reached over 500 young people, over half of whom were eligible for free school meals and a third had special educational needs or disabilities...

Participatory approaches are growing in importance across research and evaluation settings. Such approaches must be informed by existing evidence; designed in line with best practice, clearly strategised, and connected to potential outcomes. This review consolidates and translates the existing evidence into a framework that can be applied across research and evaluation settings.