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Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of current pupils with (a) statemented special educational needs (SEN) and (b) non-statemented SEN have received a fixed period exclusion from (i) maintained mainstream and (ii) other schools (A) once, (B) twice, (C) more than twice and (D) more than five times. (132386)

The available information is given in the tables.

Maintained primary, secondary and all special schools1: Number of pupils excluded for a fixed period from school by special educational needs (SEN), 2004/05, England

Maintained primary and secondary schools

Pupils with statements of SEN

Pupils with SEN without statements

Pupils with no identified SEN

Total2

Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil:

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

1

6,820

3.2

42,130

19.6

86,880

40.5

135,830

63.3

2

2,770

1.3

16,170

7.5

22,260

10.4

41,190

19.2

3 to 5

2,700

1.3

13,930

6.5

14,970

7.0

31,600

14.7

More than 5

630

0.3

2,930

1.4

2,260

1.1

5,810

2.7

Total number of pupils

12,910

6.0

75,150

35.0

126,370

58.9

214,440

100.0

Maintained special schools

Pupils with statements of SEN

Pupils with SEN without statements

Pupils with no identified SEN

Total

Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil:

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

Number

Percentage3

1

2,590

40.5

90

1.5

280

4.3

2,960

46.3

2

1,160

18.2

40

0.6

120

1.9

1,320

20.7

3 to 5

1,360

21.2

60

1.0

100

1.5

1,520

23.7

More than 5

520

8.2

20

0.2

60

0.9

600

9.3

Total number of pupils

5,640

88.0

210

3.3

550

8.7

6,400

100.0

1 Includes middle schools as deemed. Excludes non-maintained special schools.

2 Includes pupils for whom information on stage of SEN has not been established.

3 Number of pupils who have been excluded for a fixed period expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils who were excluded for a fixed period from the same type of school.

Note:

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown.

Source:

Termly Exclusions Survey