Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) 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 Monday, 22 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Pupil Exclusions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils received more than (a) 15 and (b) 20 fixed-period exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Answer

The requested information for 2007/08 is shown in the table. Information for 2006/07 has also been included.

Primary, secondary and special schools¹, ², ³: Number of times pupil enrolments were excluded for a fixed period4, 2006/07 and 2007/08
	Number of pupil enrolments4
	2006/07	2007/08
Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil enrolment:5
More than 15	130	150
More than 20	40	40
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 Those pupils counted in the 'more than 20' category are also included in the 'more than 15' category. Note: Figures rounded to nearest 10. Source: School Census.

Secondary information