Pupil Exclusions Graham Stringer To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils have been reinstated into schools by the independent appeals panel after being permanently excluded for violent conduct in each of the last three years. Jim Knight The information requested is not held centrally. The appeals data provided to the Department do not include the reason for the exclusion. The latest available information on appeals against permanent exclusion from school for any reason is given in the table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Appeals against exclusion from school| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2001/02 |2002/03|2003/04| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of appeals lodged |1,130 |1,070|1,130| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of appeals heard |1,060 |990|1,050| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage of appeals heard2 |94.2 |92.2|92.8| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil |260 |210|220| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil3 |24.4 |21.1|21.2| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed |n/a |150|130| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Percentage of successful appeals where reinstatement was directed4 |n/a |71.3|57.0| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = Not available. 1 Excludes non-maintained special schools. 2 Shown as a percentage of appeals lodged. 3 Shown as a percentage of appeals heard. 4 Shown as a percentage of appeals determined in favour of the parent/pupil. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School exclusion appeals survey.| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This information is taken from ‘National Statistics First Release: Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England, 2003/04, SFR 23/2005’, which is available in the Library. Information on fixed period and permanent exclusions and exclusion appeals during the 2004/05 school year will be published by the Department on 29 June 2006.