National statistics
Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2009 to 2010
Exclusions from schools and exclusion appeals in England during the academic year 2009 to 2010.
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Reference Id: SFR17/2011
Publication Type: Statistical First Release
Publication data: Underlying Statistical data
Local Authority data: LA data
Region: England
Release Date: 28 July 2011
Coverage status: Final
Publication Status: Published
It reports national trends in the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions together with information on the characteristics of excluded pupils such as age, gender, ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, and special educational needs as well as the reasons for exclusion.
The key points from the latest release are:
- There was an estimated 5,740 permanent exclusions from primary, secondary and all special schools in the academic year 2009 to 2010.
- In 2009 to 2010 there were 279,260 fixed period exclusions from state funded secondary schools, 37,210 fixed period exclusions from primary schools and 14,910 fixed period exclusions from special schools.
- The average length of a fixed-period exclusion in state-funded secondary schools was 2.5 days, for primary schools the average length of a fixed period exclusion was 2.1 days.
- The permanent exclusion rate for boys was approximately 4 times higher than that for girls. The fixed period exclusion rate for boys was almost 3 times higher than that for girls.
- Pupils with SEN with statements are around 8 times more likely to be permanently excluded than those pupils with no SEN.
- Children who are eligible for free school meals are around 4 times more likely to receive a permanent exclusion and 3 times more likely to receive a fixed period exclusion than children who are not eligible for free school meals.
Andrew Clarke - Schools Statistical Team
01325 735478
Published 28 July 2011