As the number of pupils being permanently excluded from England's schools has risen by a third over three years, Ben, who was expelled at 13, tells his story in his own words.
Warning: Some of them are a little rude.
"I was a little shit back then, when I was younger.
"I was excluded from class every day, I never behaved, I never listened.
"I walked out of my lessons and I never followed instructions.
"Halfway through Year 8, I was excluded from my school permanently.
"That was before I got my diagnoses and my tablets for ADHD.
"The way ADHD affects you is that if you were looking at the board and you heard someone chatting behind you - your attention is taken away immediately.
"It made it impossible for me to focus. Every time I was in my lessons - I kept on talking.
'I would flip out'
"If the teachers wanted me to listen to what they said, they would have to take me outside, sit me down and maintain eye contact all the time.
"It became completely normal for me to get in trouble.
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