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Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Friday, 23 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupil Exclusions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils have been given (a) fixed period and (b) permanent exclusions from schools in each decile of deprivation in the latest period for which figures are available;
Answer

The available information is shown in the table.

Primary, secondary and special schools¹, ², ³, number and proportion of pupil enrolments with fixed period or permanent exclusions by level of deprivation of school4, 5, England, 2007/08 (estimates)6
One or more fixed period exclusions Permanent exclusions6 Rate of permanent exclusion6, 8
Level of deprivation of school based on IDACI5 Number of pupil enrolments4 Percentage of the school population7 Number of pupil enrolments4 Percentage of the school population8 Primary schools¹ Secondary schools¹, ² Special schools³
0-10% most deprived 21,070 2.90 900 0.12 0.04 0.29 0.23
10-20% 21,070 3.08 870 0.13 0.04 0.28 0.08
20-30% 24,980 3.24 1,110 0.14 0.03 0.28 0.16
30-40% 21,410 2.88 830 0.11 0.03 0.22 0.16
40-50% 24,760 3.06 970 0.12 0.02 0.23 0.15
50-60% 18,690 2.57 750 0.10 0.02 0.21 0.14
60-70% 21,100 2.70 700 0.09 0.02 0.16 0.22
70-80% 19,090 2.52 700 0.09 0.01 0.18 0.33
80-90% 17,080 2.28 630 0.08 0.01 0.16 0.23
90-100% least deprived 15,640 2.17 670 0.09 0.01 0.17 0.19
Total for all schools 204,890 2.74 8,130 0.11 0.02 0.21 0.19
¹ Includes middle schools as deemed.
² Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies).
³ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.
4 Pupils may be counted more than once if they were registered at more than one school or moved schools during the year.
5 2007 Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index at Super Output Area level based on the location of the school.
6 Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data.
7 The number of pupil enrolments with one or more fixed period exclusions as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils), in each IDACI band, in January 2008.
8 The number of pupil enrolments with a permanent exclusion as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils), in each IDACI band, by school type, in January 2008.
Note:
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
499 c111-2W; 296260
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Pupil exclusions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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