§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what powers she has to overturn the decision(a) to exclude a pupil and (b) to reinstate an excluded pupil; and what effect legislation enacted since 1997 has had on the powers of her office. [76778]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe Secretary of State has no powers to overturn the decision to exclude a pupil and no powers to reinstate an excluded pupil. These matters fall to be determined at local level. In respect of exclusions and exclusion appeals legislation enacted since 1997 has not changed the powers of her office.
§ Mr. MaudeTo 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 Sussex at each of the key stages, in each year since 1997. [76872]
§ 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 West Sussex Local Education Authority: Number of permanent exclusions by age of pupils England 1996–97 to 2000–011 Age of pupils 6 and under 7 to 10 11 and over Total Primary schools21996–97 Number of permanent exclusions 10 8 2 20 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 50.0 40.0 10.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.04 0.02 0.09 0.03 1997–98 Number of permanent exclusions 2 18 3 23 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 8.7 78.3 13.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.01 0.06 0.12 0.04 1998–99 Number of permanent exclusions 6 24 3 33 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 18.2 72.7 9.1 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.02 0.07 0.12 0.05 1999–2000 Number of permanent exclusions 5 21 4 30 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 16.7 70.0 13.3 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.02 0.06 0.14 0.05 2000–011 Number of permanent exclusions 7 27 7 41 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 17.1 65.9 17.1 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.03 0.08 0.27 0.07 724W
Age of pupils 11 to 13 14 to 15 16 and over Total Secondary schools21996–97 Number of permanent exclusions 49 72 1 122 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 40.2 59.0 0.8 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.24 0.47 0.02 0.30 1997–98 Number of permanent exclusion 48 94 2 144 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 33.3 65.3 1.4 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.23 0.63 0.04 0.36 1998–99 Number of permanent exclusions 50 68 2 120 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 41.7 56.7 1.7 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.24 0.45 0.04 0.30 1999–2000 Number of permanent exclusions 39 58 0 97 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 40.2 59.8 0.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.18 0.39 0.00 0.23
Age of pupils 11 to 13 14 to 15 16 and over Total 2000–011 Number of permanent exclusions 80 58 0 138 Percentage of all permanent exclusions3 58.0 42.0 0.0 100.0 Percentage of school population4 0.35 0.38 0.00 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. 3The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number. 4The 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. Source:
Annual Schools Census