§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school(a) exclusions and (b) suspensions there were in North Tyneside in 2001–02. [130385]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisIn 2001–02 there were 56 permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and all special schools in North Tyneside. The table shows how the number and percentage of excluded pupils in North Tyneside compares with regional and national figures. 795W
Number of permanent exclusions by type of school 2001–2002 (provisional) Primary1 Secondary1 Special23 Total Number of Percentage exclusions permanent of the school population3 Number of Percentage exclusions permanent of the school population3 Number of Percentage exclusions permanent of the school population3 Number of Percentage exclusions permanent of the school population3 England 1,451 0.03 7,741 0.24 343 0.36 9,535 0.12 North East 62 0.03 409 0.23 16 0.27 487 0.12 North Tyneside 5 0.03 49 0.35 2 0.30 56 0.18 1Includes middle schools as deemed.
2Includes Maintained and Non-Maintained Special Schools.
3The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) pupils in Primary, Secondary and Special schools, excluding dualy registered pupils in special schools in January 2002.
The Department has recently started to collect information from Local Education Authorities on both fixed term and permanent exclusions on a termly basis. However, reliable findings from this data collection exercise are not expected to be available until next year.