The available information requested is shown in the table.
From 2002, the Department has carried out a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions. However, this only confirms the number of exclusions in each local authority area and not at school level. Therefore information for middle and upper schools is not separately identifiable.
The latest data on exclusions were published in a Statistical First Release on 30 July 2009 at:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000860/index.shtml
Primary1 State-funded secondary1, 3 Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population4 Number of permanent exclusions Percentage of the school population4 1996/97 10 0.05 20 0.21 1997/98 — — 40 0.34 1998/99 10 0.05 10 0.12 1999/2000 20 0.09 20 0.13 2000/01 10 0.04 10 0.08 2001/02 20 0.09 30 0.20 2002/035 20 0.08 30 0.21 2003/045 20 0.07 20 0.16 2004/055 10 0.06 40 0.27 2005/065 * * 50 0.30 2006/075 10 0.05 40 0.28 2007/085 10 0.03 30 0.20 Data are as published, i.e. using the following notation: * = less than 3, or a rate based on less than 3. — = less than 5, or a rate based on less than 5. 1 Includes middle schools as deemed (upper schools are included as secondary). 2 Pupils may be counted more than once if they were registered at more than one school or moved schools during the school year. 3 State-funded secondary schools include maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies. Milton Keynes local authority has no city technology colleges or academies. 4 The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January each year of the relevant school type. 5 Estimates based on local authority figures following a checking exercise to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions in each local authority. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Termly Exclusions Survey and School Census.