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Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 January 2010. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Friday, 5 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupil Exclusions: Gloucestershire

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils from (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools were (i) temporarily and (ii) permanently excluded in (A) Stroud constituency and (B) Gloucestershire in academic year 2008-09.
Answer

Exclusions data for 2008/09 is not yet available. A Statistical First Release including national and local authority level data is due to be published in July showing this information.Information on exclusions for the 2007/08 school year are provided in the following table.

Maintained primary schools, state-funded secondary schools and special schools¹,²,³ number of pupil enrolments4 with fixed period and permanent exclusions 2007/08
Stroud parliamentary constituency Gloucestershire local authority
Fixed period exclusions Permanent exclusions5 Fixed period exclusions Permanent exclusions6
Primary 30 0 200 20
All Secondary 420 20 2,010 110
Special 50 * 110 *
Total 500 20 2,320 140
"*" = Less than 5.
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 school year.
5 Figures are reported by schools and are known to be incomplete.
6 Estimates based on confirmed local authority figures.
Note:
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
505 c610W; 312751
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Pupil exclusions Gloucestershire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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