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Included, engaged and involved part 2: preventing and managing school exclusions
Part two of guidance document 'Included, Engaged and Involved', which refreshes the national policy on school exclusions.
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Annex D
Exclusion from Schools - Scottish Government National Statistics
Table 1a: Cases of exclusion by type of exclusion, 2006/07 to 2014/15
2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | |
Exclusions in total | 44,794 | 39,717 | 33,917 | 30,211 | 26,844 | 21,955 | 18,430 |
Of which: | |||||||
Temporary exclusions | 44,546 | 39,553 | 33,830 | 30,144 | 26,784 | 21,934 | 18,425 |
Removed from register | 248 | 164 | 87 | 67 | 60 | 21 | 5 |
Table 1b: Cases of exclusion rate per 1,000 pupils, 2006/07 to 2014/15
2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | |
Exclusions in total | 63.9 | 57.5 | 49.9 | 44.7 | 40.0 | 32.8 | 27.2 |
Temporary exclusions | 63.5 | 57.3 | 49.7 | 44.6 | 39.9 | 32.7 | 27.2 |
Removed from register | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Table 2a: Cases of exclusion by gender, 2006/07 to 2014/15
Primary schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 6,018 | 5,616 | 4,953 | 4,433 | 4,191 | 3,854 | 3,478 |
Boys | 5,525 | 5,188 | 4,537 | 4,030 | 3,823 | 3,552 | 3,197 |
Girls | 493 | 428 | 416 | 403 | 368 | 302 | 281 |
Secondary schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 37,566 | 32,905 | 27,704 | 24,665 | 21,688 | 17,106 | 14,098 |
Boys | 28,323 | 24,985 | 20,933 | 18,559 | 16,119 | 12,699 | 10,734 |
Girls | 9,243 | 7,920 | 6,771 | 6,106 | 5,569 | 4,407 | 3,364 |
Special Schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 1,210 | 1,196 | 1,260 | 1,113 | 965 | 995 | 854 |
Boys | 1,103 | 1,077 | 1,116 | 1,007 | 870 | 853 | 736 |
Girls | 107 | 119 | 144 | 106 | 95 | 142 | 118 |
Table 2b: Cases of exclusion rate per 1,000 pupils by gender, 2006/07 to 2014/15
Primary schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 15.7 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 9.0 |
Boys | 28.3 | 28.2 | 24.0 | 21.5 | 20.5 | 18.8 | 16.2 |
Girls | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
Secondary schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 119.9 | 106.5 | 91.3 | 81.6 | 72.2 | 58.4 | 49.5 |
Boys | 180.4 | 161.7 | 137.6 | 122.3 | 106.6 | 86.0 | 75.0 |
Girls | 53.1 | 51.3 | 44.8 | 40.6 | 37.3 | 30.3 | 23.8 |
Special Schools | |||||||
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Total | 182.5 | 187.3 | 195.0 | 174.1 | 147.6 | 148.1 | 126.4 |
Boys | 243.4 | 246.3 | 250.6 | 229.2 | 192.8 | 182.5 | 156.6 |
Girls | 51.0 | 59.1 | 71.8 | 53.1 | 46.9 | 69.4 | 57.4 |
Table 3a: Cases of exclusion by stage from 2002/03 to 2014/15
Primary schools | ||||||||
Total | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | P7 | |
2002/03 | 4,131 | 95 | 173 | 238 | 505 | 741 | 999 | 1,380 |
2003/04 | 4,478 | 80 | 178 | 322 | 492 | 851 | 992 | 1,562 |
2004/05 | 5,319 | 130 | 245 | 402 | 717 | 938 | 1,284 | 1,603 |
2005/06 | 5,779 | 134 | 225 | 400 | 714 | 1,151 | 1,321 | 1,833 |
2006/07 | 6,018 | 156 | 305 | 400 | 653 | 1,062 | 1,534 | 1,908 |
2007/08 | 5,616 | 152 | 225 | 398 | 589 | 968 | 1,358 | 1,926 |
2008/09 | 4,953 | 137 | 246 | 339 | 567 | 824 | 1,167 | 1,673 |
2009/10 | 4,433 | 174 | 252 | 347 | 559 | 757 | 964 | 1,380 |
2010/11 | 4,191 | 143 | 216 | 381 | 535 | 759 | 928 | 1,229 |
2012/13 | 3,854 | 161 | 222 | 351 | 499 | 737 | 853 | 1,031 |
2014/15 | 3,478 | 150 | 260 | 388 | 478 | 592 | 672 | 938 |
Secondary and Special Schools | ||||||||
Secondary Total | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | Special | |
2002/03 | 31,055 | 4,599 | 7,813 | 10,449 | 7,147 | 835 | 212 | 1,310 |
2003/04 | 33,465 | 5,180 | 8,948 | 11,032 | 7,342 | 807 | 156 | 976 |
2004/05 | 35,513 | 5,413 | 9,708 | 11,809 | 7,558 | 890 | 135 | 1,142 |
2005/06 | 36,136 | 5,570 | 9,444 | 12,400 | 7,723 | 865 | 134 | 1,075 |
2006/07 | 37,566 | 6,312 | 9,942 | 12,497 | 7,652 | 993 | 170 | 1,210 |
2007/08 | 32,905 | 5,139 | 8,723 | 10,912 | 7,202 | 801 | 128 | 1,196 |
2008/09 | 27,704 | 4,643 | 7,123 | 9,108 | 5,966 | 722 | 142 | 1,260 |
2009/10 | 24,665 | 3,985 | 6,553 | 8,240 | 5,042 | 691 | 154 | 1,113 |
2010/11 | 21,688 | 3,452 | 5,667 | 7,287 | 4,537 | 618 | 127 | 965 |
2012/13 | 17,106 | 2,865 | 4,670 | 5,414 | 3,459 | 565 | 133 | 995 |
2014/15 | 14,098 | 2,333 | 3,718 | 4,624 | 2,790 | 491 | 142 | 854 |
Table 4: Cases of exclusion by pupils living in the 20% most deprived and 20% least deprived areas according to Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation ( SIMD), 2007/08 and 2014/15
Number of exclusions | Number of temporary exclusions | Number of removals from register | Number of pupils at census 1 | Rate per 1,000 pupils | |
2007/08 2 | |||||
Most deprived | 17,308 | 17,228 | 80 | 147,431 | 117 |
Least deprived | 2,008 | 1,993 | 15 | 133,658 | 15 |
2014/15 2 | |||||
Most deprived | 7,579 | 7,578 | 1 | 145,720 | 52 |
Least deprived | 1,005 | 1,005 | 0 | 126,680 | 8 |
1. 2007 pupil census data used in 07/08 and 2014 pupil census
data used in 14/15.
2.
SIMD 2006
was used for 07/08 data and
SIMD 2012
was used for 2014/15 data.
Table 5a: Cases of exclusion (temporary and removals) amongst pupils Looked After by local authorities, 2009/10 to 2012/13
This data can be found here:
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/09/6499/5
Please contact Ian Volante if you need to clarify anything about these tables.
Table 6a: Cases of exclusion (temporary and removals) amongst pupils with additional support needs ( ASN), by provision type, 2006/07 to 2014/15
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Primary | |||||||
With ASN | 1,668 | 1,537 | 1,573 | 1,565 | 1,636 | 2,272 | 1,926 |
all time in mainstream class | 1,443 | 1,357 | 1,403 | 1,389 | 1,524 | 2,062 | 1,845 |
some time in special class | 181 | 135 | 121 | 145 | 72 | 179 | 60 |
all time in special class | 44 | 45 | 49 | 31 | 40 | 31 | 21 |
Without ASN | 4,310 | 4,048 | 3,346 | 2,837 | 2,528 | 1,563 | 1,543 |
Data not available | 40 | 31 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 9 |
Secondary | |||||||
With ASN | 4,928 | 4,890 | 4,893 | 5,049 | 5,854 | 7,336 | 6,957 |
all time in mainstream class | 4,278 | 4,226 | 4,358 | 4,691 | 5,555 | 7,127 | 6,783 |
some time in special class | 541 | 543 | 368 | 267 | 239 | 149 | 141 |
all time in special class | 109 | 121 | 167 | 91 | 60 | 60 | 33 |
Without ASN | 32,000 | 27,828 | 22,555 | 19,424 | 15,739 | 9,703 | 7,095 |
Data not available | 638 | 187 | 180 | 192 | 95 | 67 | 46 |
Special | 1,210 | 1,090 | 1,179 | 1,037 | 916 | 931 | 805 |
Data not available | 0 | 106 | 81 | 76 | 49 | 64 | 49 |
With ASN | 7,806 | 7,517 | 7,645 | 7,651 | 8,406 | 10,539 | 9,688 |
No ASN | 36,310 | 31,876 | 25,901 | 22,261 | 18,267 | 11,266 | 8,638 |
Table 6b: Cases of exclusion (temporary and removals) rate per 1,000 pupils amongst pupils with additional support needs, by provision type, 2006/07 to 2014/15
06/07 | 07/08 | 08/09 | 09/10 | 10/11 | 12/13 | 14/15 | |
Primary | |||||||
With ASN | 105 | 93 | 89 | 79 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
all time in mainstream class | 104 | 94 | 90 | 78 | 47 | 34 | 26 |
some time in special class | 110 | 87 | 82 | 98 | 47 | 115 | 37 |
all time in special class | 98 | 95 | 95 | 63 | 82 | 48 | 26 |
Without ASN | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
Secondary | |||||||
With ASN | 372 | 366 | 343 | 287 | 205 | 151 | 117 |
all time in mainstream class | 376 | 367 | 349 | 293 | 207 | 152 | 117 |
some time in special class | 404 | 418 | 294 | 240 | 197 | 141 | 167 |
all time in special class | 215 | 231 | 302 | 188 | 114 | 122 | 50 |
Without ASN | 107 | 94 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 40 | 31 |
Special | 183 | 171 | 183 | 162 | 140 | 139 | 119 |
Contact
Email: Douglas Forrester
Phone: 0300 244 4000 – Central Enquiry Unit
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
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