§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were excluded from(a) primary schools, (b) city technology colleges,
Number of permanent exclusions by school type and summary of school exclusion appeals England 1995/96–2001/02 (Provisional) 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/01p EXCLUSIONS PRIMARY SCHOOLS1 Number of permanent exclusions 1,608 1,573 1,539 1,366 1,226 1,436 1,450 Percentage of school population2 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 SECONDARY SCHOOLS1 Number of permanent exclusions 10,344 10,463 10,187 8,636 6,713 7,305 7,740 Percentage of school population2 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.28 0.21 0.23 0.24 SPECIAL SCHOOLS3 Number of permanent exclusions 524 632 572 436 384 394 340 Percentage of school population2 0.54 0.64 0.58 0.45 0.40 0.41 0.36 CITY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGES4 Number of permanent exclusions - - - - - 20 32 Percentage of school population2 - - - - - 0.12 0.20 EXCLUSION APPEALS PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS5 Number of appeals lodged by parents 1,339 1,455 1,287 1,216 948 1,095 1,125 Number of appeals overturned by an appeals panel 185 225 204 220 317 314 259 Percentage of appeals overturned by an appeals panel6 17.0 19.9 20.2 22.8 36.7 31.9 24.4 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of full and part-time pupils of all ages (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January each year. 3 Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. 4 Information on exclusions from City Technology Colleges was collected for the first time in 2002 (relating to academic year 2000/01). There was no checking exercise to confirm the quality of exclusions data from City Technology Colleges so these figures should be used with caution. 5 Information on exclusion appeals is collected at LEA-level for primary, secondary and special schools. This information is not available by school type. 6 Number of appeals decided in parents' favour expressed as a percentage of all appeals heard by an appeals panel. p provisional —not available