The available information is given in the table.
2004/05 Establishment name Local authority name Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of school population2 Capital City Academy Brent 11 1.21 City of London Academy (Southwark) Southwark 3 0.83 Dixons City Academy Bradford 3— 3— Djanogly City Academy Nottingham Nottingham 11 0.70 Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy Lewisham 3— 3— Northampton Academy Northamptonshire 9 0.72 Salford City Academy Salford 6 n/a Stockley Academy Hillingdon 4 0.68 The Academy at Peckham Southwark 10 0.93 The Business Academy Bexley Bexley 7 0.51 The City Academy Bristol Bristol City of 4 0.37 The King’s Academy Middlesbrough 7 0.67 Unity City Academy Middlesbrough 6 0.53 West London Academy Ealing 22 1.95 n/a = Not available 1 Academies with one or more permanent exclusions during 2004/05. 2 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the headcount of pupils in the school as at January 2005. 3 1 or 2 exclusions, or a rate based on 1 or 2 exclusions Note: These figures are as reported by schools and are unconfirmed. Source: School Census
Exclusions data are collected retrospectively. Information on exclusions during the 2005/06 school year is expected to be published in June 2007.
Exclusions in academies are high relative to national averages. However, academies are placing great emphasis on getting the basics right and improving behaviour in particular. Academies often inherit a large number of disruptive pupils and need to establish good behaviour in order to raise attainment. As the new ethos and behaviour policy are enforced in an academy’s early days, the number of exclusions may rise, but it typically drops down as behaviour improves.
This phenomenon is not unique to academies—the same effect is often observed when a new head teacher transforms a struggling maintained school.