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Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2) : number of times pupils were excluded for a fixed period. England, 2004/05
Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil Number of pupils Percentage

1

138,790

63

2

42,510

19

3

18,830

9

4

9,400

4

5

4,890

2

6

2,880

1

7

1,450

1

8

860

0

9

490

0

10

290

0

More than 10

440

0

Total

220,840

100

Percentage of school population

2.90

(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Excludes non-maintained special schools.
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.

State funded secondary schools( 1) :( ) number of times pupils were excluded for a fixed period. England, 2005/06
Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil: Number of pupils Percentage

1

118,660

62

2

37,490

19

3

16,850

9

4

8,840

5

5

4,810

2

6

2,680

1

7

1,450

1

8

860

0

9

460

0

10

310

0

More than 10

370

0

Total

192,750

100

Percentage of the school population

5.76

(1 )Includes middle schools as deemed, CTCs and academies.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.


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Primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2, 3) : number of times pupils were excluded for a fixed period. England, 2006/07
Number of fixed period exclusions per pupil Number of pupils Percentage

1

138,390

61

2

43,220

19

3

20,080

9

4

10,630

5

5

6,050

3

6

3,460

2

7

2,050

1

8

1,200

1

9

770

0

10

490

0

More than 10

830

0

Total

227,160

100

Percentage of the school population

3

Number of pupils who subsequently received a permanent exclusion in 2006/07(4)

6,080

(5)3

(1 )Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2 )Includes both CTCs and academies.
(3 )Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools.
(4 )The number of pupils who received a permanent exclusion in 2006/07 after previously being excluded for a fixed period by the same school during the 2006/07 school year.
(5 )The percentage of all pupils with a fixed period exclusion who later were permanently excluded during 2006/07.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were given more than one fixed period exclusion in a 12 month period in each of the last five years; and how many such pupils were eligible for free school meals. [226445]

Jim Knight: Information on the number of pupils who were given more than one fixed period exclusion and their eligibility for free school meals can be provided only at disproportionate cost. The available information on the number of fixed period exclusions (including any multiple exclusions) and free school meal eligibility is shown in the following tables and covers the school years 2005-06 and 2006-07. Information for 2004-05 can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

State funded secondary schools( 1,2) : Number of fixed period exclusions by free school meal eligibility 2005-06, England
State funded secondary schools( 2)

Number of exclusions Exclusions per 100 of the school population( 3)

Fixed period exclusions( 4)

Pupils eligible for free school meals

105,530

23.04

Other pupils

238,280

8.25

All pupils(5)

348,380

10.46

(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Includes both CTCs and academies. Information is as reported by schools.
(3) The number of exclusions per 100 of the school population (excluding dually registered pupils) as at January 2006.
(4) For 2005-06 a change in the underlying method of data collection means that data on fixed period exclusions from primary and special schools is not available.
(5) Totals include 4,600 fixed period exclusions with unclassified free school meal eligibility.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

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Primary, secondary and special schools( 1,2,3) : Number of fixed period exclusions by free school meal eligibility, England 2006-07

Number of exclusions Exclusions per 100 of the school population( 4) Number of exclusions Exclusions per 100 of the school population( 4) Number of exclusions Exclusions per 100 of the school population( 4) Number of exclusions Exclusions per 100 of the school population( 4)

Fixed period exclusions

Pupils eligible for free school meals

21,020

3.21

109,940

24.75

7,360

25.61

138,320

12.27

Other pupils

24,250

0.70

251,450

8.74

9,060

14.98

284,760

4.46

All pupils(5)

45,730

1.11

363,270

10.94

16,600

18.56

425,600

5.66

(1) Includes middle schools as deemed.
(2) Includes both CTCs and Academies. Information is as reported by schools.
(3) Includes both maintained special and non-maintained special schools.
(4) The number of exclusions per 100 of the school population (excluding dually registered pupils) as at January 2007.
(5) Totals include 2,530 fixed period exclusions with unclassified free school meal eligibility.
Note:
Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Source:
School Census

Pupils: Exclusions

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which 20 maintained schools had the greatest (a) number and (b) proportion of pupils (i) excluded and (ii) permanently excluded for (A) physical assault against an adult, (B) physical assault against a pupil and (C) bullying in the most recent year for which figures are available; [226036]

(2) which 20 maintained schools issued the (a) highest and (b) lowest number of (i) permanent and (ii) fixed-term exclusions in the most recent academic year for which figures are available; and how many such exclusions were issued by each such school. [226035]

Jim Knight: The information could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Pupils: Per Capita Costs

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of school funding per pupil for each primary and secondary school in Yeovil constituency in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; what the average funding level for all English schools is for each of those years; and if he will make a statement. [227032]

Jim Knight: The Department allocates education funding to local authorities so the requested information for Yeovil constituency is not available.

The per pupil revenue funding figures for years 2007-08 to 2008-09 for Somerset local authority and England are provided in the following table. Since 2006-07, the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) is the main source of school funding. As the DSG is distributed through a single guaranteed unit of funding per pupil, a primary/secondary split is not available.

2007-08 DSG plus grants 2008-09 DSG plus grant s

Somerset

4,130

4,350

England

4,530

4,690

Notes:
1. This covers funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, School Standards Grant, School Standards Grant (Personalisation) and Standards Fund as well as funding from the Learning and Skills Council; it excludes grants which are not allocated at LA level.
2. These figures are for all funded pupils aged three to 19.
3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10. Price Base: Cash.
4. Some of the grant allocations have not been finalised. If these do change, the effect on the funding figures is expected to be minimal.
5. The actual revenue funding that individual schools in England receive via their school budget shares is a matter for individual local authorities to decide locally through their own local funding formulae (subject to satisfying the minimum funding guarantee for schools from 2004-05 onwards). Consequently, the amount of money allocated to each school in England depends very much on the individual local authorities’ own policy for funding their schools. Different authorities retain varying amounts of funding centrally to spend on behalf of their schools while others chose to give schools more autonomy over how they spend their money by devolving more funding to the individual schools.

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