Children, Schools and Families written question – answered at on 18 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were (a) temporarily and (b) permanently excluded from English (i) infant schools, (ii) primary schools, (iii) secondary schools and (iv) colleges in each year since 1990-91, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement.
The available information on fixed term and permanent exclusions is contained in the following tables. The breakdown of infant schools and colleges requested is not available.
Information is not available back to 1990-91. Data were collected for earlier years for permanent exclusions but not published as part of the most recent Statistical First Release.
Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2) : Number of fixed period exclusions by type of school—England, 2003/04-2005/06( 3) | |||
2003/04( 3, 4) | 2004/05( 4) | 2005/06( 5) | |
Primary schools | |||
Number of fixed period exclusions | 41,300 | 43,720 | n/a |
Percentage of fixed period exclusions(6) | 12 | 11 | n/a |
Percentage of school population(7) | 0.97 | 1.04 | n/a |
Secondary schools | |||
Number of fixed period exclusions | 288,040 | 329,680 | 343,840 |
Percentage of fixed period exclusions(6) | 84 | 85 | n/a |
Percentage of school population(7) | 8.66 | 9.94 | 10.40 |
Special schools | |||
Number of fixed period exclusions | 15,170 | 16,170 | n/a |
Percentage of fixed period exclusions(6) | 4 | 4 | n/a |
Percentage of school population(7) | 17.45 | 18.91 | n/a |
All schools | |||
Number of fixed period exclusions | 344,510 | 389,560 | n/a |
Percentage of fixed period exclusions(6) | 100 | 100 | n/a |
Percentage of school population(7) | 4.49 | 5.12 | n/a |
n/a = Not available (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes maintained special schools. Excludes non-maintained special schools. (3) In 2003/04, information on fixed period exclusions was collected for the first time. (4) Information on fixed period exclusions has been derived from Termly Exclusion Survey returns. (5) For the 2005/06 school year, information on fixed period exclusions from secondary schools was collected via the School Census for the first time (the Termly Exclusions Survey has been discontinued). For exclusions during 2006/07, information on fixed period exclusions will also be collected from primary and special schools. (6) The number of fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number. (7) The number of fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census |
Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2) : Number of permanent exclusions by type of school—England, 1997/98-2005/06 | |||||||||
1997/98 | 1998/99 | 1999/2000 | 2000/01( 3) | 2001/02 | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | |
Primary schools | |||||||||
Number of permanent exclusions | 1,540 | 1,370 | 1,230 | 1,440 | 1,450 | 1,300 | 1,270 | 1,090 | 970 |
Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Percentage of school population(5) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 |
Secondary schools | |||||||||
Number of permanent exclusions | 10,190 | 8,640 | 6,710 | 7,310 | 7,740 | 7,690 | 8,320 | 8,070 | 7,990 |
Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) | 83 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 87 |
Percentage of school population(5) | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
Special schools | |||||||||
Number of permanent exclusions | 570 | 440 | 380 | 390 | 340 | 300 | 300 | 280 | 210 |
Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Percentage of school population(5) | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.23 |
All schools | |||||||||
Number of permanent exclusions | 12,300 | 10,440 | 8,320 | 9,140 | 9,540 | 9,290 | 9,880 | 9,440 | 9,170 |
Percentage of permanent exclusions(4) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Percentage of school population(5) | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
(1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. (3) Permanent exclusions for 2000/01 are estimated as a number of local authorities have not confirmed the data for their schools. (4) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number. (5) The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January each year. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census |
These tables were published as part of the recent Statistical First Release on exclusions which can be found at:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000733/index.shtml.
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