00:00A programme costing £1.4 million to support children's rights is being credited by City Hall with helping reduce persistent
00:08absenteeism, suspensions and exclusions across London.
00:12The scheme gives schools access to the UNICEF UK award programme.
00:17At a school in Kilburn, Mayor Sadiq Khan said excluded children were twice as likely to become involved in violence.
00:23But Conservative London Assemblymember Neil Garrett questioned whether keeping disruptive pupils in school could affect children's education.
00:33City Hall says the programme forms part of prevention work, while measuring the effect of policies is challenging.
00:40Around one in four London state schools is signed up.
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