§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have been excluded from(a) state primary and (b) state secondary schools in West Kent at each of the key stages, in each year since 1997. [77503]
§ Mr. MilibandThe available information is shown in the table. Information collected centrally on permanent exclusions does not record the key stage of the pupil; a breakdown of the figures by age is given as a proxy. Figures are not available centrally on fixed-term exclusions.
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Maintained primary and secondary schools in Kent local education authority: number of permanent exclusions by age of pupils —England 1996–97 to 2000–011 Age of pupils Primary schools2 6 and under 7 to 10 Total 1996–97 Number of permanent exclusions 18 61 79 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 22.8 77.2 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.03 0.08 0.06 1997–985 Number of permanent exclusions 9 32 41 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 22.0 78.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.01 0.04 0.04 1998–99 Number of permanent exclusions 7 26 33 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 21.2 78.8 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.01 0.04 0.03 1999–2000 Number of permanent exclusions 5 28 33 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 15.2 84.8 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.01 0.04 0.03 2000–011 Number of permanent exclusions 6 63 69 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 8.7 91.3 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.01 0.10 0.06 913W
Age of pupils Secondary schools2 13 and under 14 to 15 16 and over Total 1996–97 Number of permanent exclusions 167 189 9 365 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 45.8 51.8 2.5 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.31 0.54 0.06 0.35 1997–985 Number of permanent exclusions 138 152 9 299 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 46.2 51.0 3.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.25 0.44 0.06 0.28 1998–99 Number of permanent exclusions 134 134 20 288 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 46.5 46.7 7.0 100.0 Percentage of
Age of pupils Secondary schools2 13 and under 14 to 15 16 and over Total school population4 0.28 0.47 0.15 0.32 1999–2000 Number of permanent exclusions 94 107 6 207 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 45.4 51.7 2.9 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.20 0.37 0.04 0.23 2000–01 Number of permanent exclusions 6— 6— 6— 296 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 6— 6— 6— 100.0 Percentage of school populations4 6— 6— 6— 0.32 1 Permanent exclusions data for 2000–01 have been estimated as they are known to be incomplete. 2 Includes middle schools as deemed. colspan="5">3 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number. 4 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of full and part-time pupils (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January each year. 5 After Local Government Reorganisation. 6 Not available (data at secondary school level are incomplete for this LEA and are therefore not available). Source:
Annual Schools Census