(2) what percentage of secondary school sessions were missed through unauthorised absences in (a) Uxbridge constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) England in each year since 1997.
The requested information on fixed period exclusions can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on unauthorised absence has been published, at school level, as part of the achievement and attainment tables. This can be found at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/performancetables/
The latest available information on absence covers autumn term 2006 and spring term 2007 and includes information at national and regional level. This is published at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000756/index.shtml
The readily available information requested is shown in the table.
Number of Permanent Exclusions 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 Number of exclusions Age4: 4 and under 20 60 10 5 50 40 50 6 90 60 80 7 160 110 120 8 230 190 180 9 370 300 270 10 410 420 290 11 680 650 640 12 1,540 1,590 1,520 13 2,470 2,410 2,340 14 2,750 2,580 2,600 15 1,070 980 970 16 30 40 30 17 20 10 20 18 * * * 19 and over * 0 0 Total 9,880 9,440 9,170 Percentage of school population5 Age4: 4 and under 0.00 0.01 0.00 5 0.01 0.01 0.01 6 0.02 0.01 0.01 7 0.03 0.02 0.02 8 0.04 0.03 0.03 9 0.06 0.05 0.05 10 0.07 0.07 0.05 11 0.11 0.11 0.11 12 0.25 0.26 0.26 13 0.41 0.40 0.39 14 0.46 0.43 0.43 15 0.18 0.17 0.16 16 0.01 0.02 0.02 17 0.01 0.01 0.02 18 * * * 19 and over * 0.00 0.00 Total 0.13 0.12 0.12 * = Less than 5, or a rate based on less than 5. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. 3 Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. 4 Age as at 31 August prior to start of academic year. 5 The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils of each age in primary, secondary and special schools (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January 2003. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The latest available information on the number of fixed period exclusions by age is shown in the table. This relates to local authority maintained secondary schools only and to the number of episodes of fixed period exclusion. Some pupils will have several episodes of fixed period exclusion during the academic year.
Fixed period exclusions Boys Girls Total Number of exclusions Age3: 4 and under 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 8 4— 0 4— 9 530 80 610 10 860 90 950 11 31,830 6,690 38,530 12 49,370 16,850 66,230 13 61,000 27,730 88,720 14 64,220 28,390 92,610 15 40,030 14,640 54,670 16 760 200 950 17 300 80 380 18 20 10 30 19 and over 10 4— 10 Total5 248,950 94,750 343,840 Percentage of school population6 Age3: 4 and under 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 4— 0.00 4— 9 4.36 0.69 2.57 10 6.16 0.64 3.46 11 11.15 2.43 6.87 12 16.98 5.97 11.56 13 20.26 9.51 14.97 14 21.35 9.67 15.58 15 13.67 5.11 9.44 16 0.84 0.19 0.50 17 0.43 0.09 0.25 18 0.33 0.21 0.27 19 and over 1.98 4— 1.00 Total5 14.96 5.77 10.40 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 For the 2005/06 school year, information on fixed period exclusions from secondary schools was collected via the School Census for the first time (the Termly Exclusions Survey has been discontinued). For exclusions during 2006/07, information on fixed period exclusions will also be collected from primary and special schools. See Notes to Editors 2. 3 Age as at 31 August 2005. 4 Less than 5, or a rate based on less than 5. 5 There were 143 exclusions for which gender and age was unclassified. These have been included in the total only. 6 The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils of each age in secondary schools as at January 2006. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.
The information requested for permanent exclusions is shown in the table.
Information on fixed period exclusions was collected for the first time for the academic year 2003/04. The number of fixed period exclusions for maintained primary, maintained secondary and all special schools for 2003/04 and 2004/05 and the number of fixed period exclusions for maintained secondary schools only for 2005/06 are shown in the tables.
1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/013 2001/023 2002/033 2003/043 2004/053 2005/063 Number of permanent exclusions Total4 12,300 10,440 8,320 9,140 9,540 9,290 9,880 9,440 9,170 Boys 10,270 8,650 7,030 7,550 7,810 7,580 7,960 7,490 7,290 Girls 2,030 1,790 1,290 1,580 1,720 1,710 1,930 1,940 1,860 Percentage of permanent exclusions5 Total4 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Boys 84 83 84 83 82 82 81 79 79 Girls 16 17 16 17 18 18 19 21 20 Percentage of school population6 Total 0.16 0.14 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.12 0.12 Boys 0.26 0.22 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.19 0.19 Girls 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. 3 Estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. See Notes to Editors 4. 4 In 2005/06 there were 26 exclusions for which gender was not classified—these are included in the total column only. 5 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of permanent exclusions. 6 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils in primary, secondary and special schools (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January of each year. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.
Maintained primary, secondary and special schools1,2: Number of fixed period exclusions by gender—England 2003/04 and 2004/052003/0432004/05Number of fixed period exclusionsTotal4344,510389,560Boys263,900292,290Girls80,61094,270Percentage of fixed period exclusions3Total100100Boys7775Girls2324Percentage of school population4Total4.495.12Boys6.767.62Girls2.142.531 Includes middle schools as deemed.2 Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools.3 The number of fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the total number of fixed period exclusions. 4 The number of fixed period exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils in primary, secondary and special schools (excluding dually registered pupils in special schools) in January of each year.Note:Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.Source:Termly exclusions survey.
Fixed period exclusions Boys Girls Total Number of exclusions 248,950 94,750 343,840 Percentage of school population4 14.96 5.77 10.40 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 For the 2005/06 school year, information on fixed period exclusions from secondary schools was collected via the School Census for the first time (the Termly Exclusions Survey has been discontinued). For exclusions during 2006/07, information on fixed period exclusions will also be collected from primary and special schools. 3 There were 140 exclusions for which gender was unclassified. These have been included in the total only. 4 The number of exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils of each age in secondary schools as at January 2006. # less than 5, or a rate based on less than 5. Note:Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census.