Permanent exclusion-how do I find a new school that will take an excluded child?

I would stay out of it. You can tell her that current school decided she was working in isolation, was nothing to do with you but she might not believe you.

Sorry to hear OP.
The only way from rock bottom is up.
I sincerely hope your DD hits rock bottom soon.

It does annoy me when MNers (and sanctimonious parents generally) think that any "naughty" child has been badly brought up
To be fair, and it's not op's fault, but this child seems to have been totally enabled by her father. So to quite a large extent she is a product of her environment.

School does sound useless but at the same time, you're her parent, OP. You and her father have to take some of the responsibility for how she turned out, surely

Oooh we can have the nature nurture argument! I suppose it couldn't be that she has taken after her father who sounds like a bit of an entitled twit? Anyway, teenagers haven't "turned out" - they've got quite a lot of growing up still to do.

It does annoy me when MNers (and sanctimonious parents generally) think that any "naughty" child has been badly brought up (no doubt so that they can preen themselves about how well they have brought their own children - no, you are just lucky if they never give you any trouble).

I hope that the new school DOES work out for her. Even if it has had a bad Ofsted report, that is just box ticking and doesn't mean the school is all rubbish.

I would say to her well done for finding the new school. She did show a bit of initiative there to be honest.
Basically it's down to her now. If she doesn't attend or bullies people she will get permanently excluded again. You don't necessarily have to point that out to her but be positive.
In my experience the problem is probably that the PRUs are over subscribed. The pandemic has led to a massive increase in mental health and behavioural problems for teenagers. The 'system' was straining before that so there are not the specialist placements available.

It's down to her now. She either uses those opportunity or she doesn't and faces the consequences.

Exactly.

I haven't RTFT or your other posts, but another option might be an EBD school if your area has one? Is homeschooling not an option? She might be able to get a good handful of GCSEs enough to start college in what she is interested in if the situation is both suitable for home education and she is keen to be taught at home? Then a fresh start for 6th form? I do understand this might not be suitable or appropriate.

School does sound useless but at the same time, you're her parent, OP. You and her father have to take some of the responsibility for how she turned out, surely? I'm not saying all of this is your fault, clearly, but you do talk about her as if she arrived on your doorstep fully formed like this, and you're helpless and baffled by it. I'd be angry at the school as well but in all fairness, it's not all on the school to prevent her from having victims living in fear. At some point, it was the job of her parents to raise her so that she learned not to violently attack younger children and then say they deserve it.

Stop blaming the school, when she hasn't even bothered to get her arse in there

I think schools are penalised by ofsted for exclusions so might not be the school's fault.

I feel sorriest for the kids she's bullied, having it hanging over their necks that she might come back. It doesn't surprise me that the school has wimped out, unfortunately. Not much has changed since I went to school! The problem is that being given infinite chances when they are clearly not warranted is fuelling the fire that she's special and consequences don't apply. Really not great for her, long term.

Normally if a managed move fails the pupil returns to the home school, although if the behaviour hasn’t changed (and the MM failing would suggests it hadn’t) they are then likely to be permanently excluded.

I was wondering that too.

Does a managed move mean she'll go back to the old school if the managed move doesn't work out?

Shipping her off to the sink school so it’s not on there record. Then the sink school can expel her if she acts up as they have nothing to lose. Harsh as that sounds.

Managed moves are often used as a way to prevent permanent exclusions.

At the moment she is feeling proud as punch that emailing the school has got her a place in one of the top schools
I don't think a managed move will be orchestrated on her say so alone, somehow.
Sorry if this sounds rude, but she really doesn't come across as remotely bright?
Unfortunately.

So a managed move rather than being excluded?

If it’s a rough old school she’ll meet girls who are way tougher than her...... she may gain a bit of empathy for those she has bullied and be too afraid to do it herself.Might work out for her.,.