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Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 4 June 2009

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Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of permanent exclusions were given to pupils in mainstream schools with a statement of special educational need in the most recent year for which figures are available. (273643)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry

[holding answer 8 May 2009]: The following table shows the information requested for 2006/07.

Primary, secondary and special schools1,2; number and proportion of permanent exclusions given to pupils with statements of special educational need—2006/07

England

Number

Number of permanent exclusions given to pupils in mainstream schools, with statements of SEN3

620

Total number of permanent exclusions

8,680

Proportion of total number of permanent exclusions given to pupils in mainstream schools, with statements of SEN

7.12

1 Includes city technology colleges and academies.

2 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.

3 Includes maintained primary, maintained secondary, city technology colleges and academies.

Note:

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

School Census