Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils have been reinstated into schools by the independent appeals panel after being permanently excluded for violent conduct in each of the last three years. (78145)

The information requested is not held centrally. The appeals data provided to the Department do not include the reason for the exclusion. The latest available information on appeals against permanent exclusion from school for any reason is given in the table.

*Maintained primary, secondary and special schools*¹*: summary of exclusion appeals, England: 2001/02 to 2003/04*
	Appeals against exclusion from school
	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
Number of appeals lodged	1,130	1,070	1,130
Number of appeals heard	1,060	990	1,050
Percentage of appeals heard²	94.2	92.2	92.8
Number of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil	260	210	220
Percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil³	24.4	21.1	21.2
Number of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed	n/a	150	130
Percentage of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed⁴	n/a	71.3	57.0
n/a = Not available. ¹ Excludes non-maintained special schools. ² Shown as a percentage of appeals lodged. ³ Shown as a percentage of appeals heard. ⁴ Shown as a percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School exclusion appeals survey.

This information is taken from ‘National Statistics First Release: Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England, 2003/04, SFR 23/2005’, which is available in the Library.

Information on fixed period and permanent exclusions and exclusion appeals during the 2004/05 school year will be published by the Department on 29 June 2006.

Volume 447: debated on Monday 19 June 2006