Exclusions from Schools, 2008/09

Statistics on exclusions from schools in Wales include data for Wales for the past ten academic years, from 1999/00 to 2008/09, and for England, Northern Ireland and Scotland for the academic year 2007/08.  The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 31 March 2009.

The key points from the latest release are:

• In 2008/09 there were 213 permanent exclusions, a decrease from 241 in 2007/08;
• The highest rate of permanent exclusions from maintained secondary schools, 2.2 exclusions per 1,000 pupils, was seen in Cardiff (with 45 permanent exclusions); Isle of Anglesey, Pembrokeshire and The Vale of Glamorgan reported no permanent exclusions;
• 23 per cent of those permanently excluded were provided with home tuition as the alternative provision and 23 per cent were transferred to another mainstream school;
• The total number of fixed-term exclusions has fallen slightly to 19,034.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 3599
E-mail: school.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

March 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)