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Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2117W, on special educational needs: pupil exclusions, why the figures in the Answer were not broken down by SEN. [260244]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information provided shows the number of fixed period exclusions (not the number of pupils) broken down by primary special educational need and reason for exclusion. Information on the type of special educational need is only collected for those pupils at school action plus and those with a statement of special educational needs.

Maintained primary schools( 1 ) number of fixed period exclusions by type of special educational need( 2) and by reason for exclusion 2006/07—England
	Statement or School Action Plus( 2)
	A utistic spectrum disorder	Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulties	Hearing impairment	Moderate learning difficulty	Multi-Sensory impairment	Other difficulty/disability	Physical disability
Physical assault against a pupil	160	4,100	20	770	*	70	10
Physical assault against an adult	310	3,190	10	420	*	40	20
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against a pupil	30	920	*	230	0	10	10
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against an adult	100	2,380	*	480	0	30	10
Bullying	*	120	0	20	0	*	0
Racist abuse	*	100	0	30	0	10	*
Sexual misconduct	10	80	*	30	0	*	0
Drug and alcohol related	0	10	0	*	0	*	0
Damage	20	320	*	70	0	10	*
Theft	*	50	0	30	*	0	*
Persistent disruptive behaviour	220	6,010	20	1,130	*	100	30
Other	60	1,050	*	220	0	30	*
Total	900	18,330	60	3,440	10	290	80

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	Statement or School Action Plus( 2)						School Action( 3)
	Profound and multiple learning difficulty	Speech, Language and Communication needs	Severe learning difficulty	Specific learning difficulty	Visual impairment	Not specified	Not specified
Physical assault against a pupil	10	290	50	230	10	610	2,340
Physical assault against an adult	10	310	60	90	10	460	870
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against a pupil	0	40	20	70	0	130	540
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against an adult	0	140	40	130	*	330	970
Bullying	*	10	*	10	0	20	150
Racist abuse	0	10	*	10	0	10	80
Sexual misconduct	0	*	*	*	0	10	60
Drug and alcohol related	0	*	0	*	0	*	20
Damage	0	30	*	20	*	50	190
Theft	0	10	*	10	0	20	100
Persistent disruptive behaviour	*	370	60	340	10	940	2,500
Other	*	80	20	70	0	190	660
Total	20	1,290	260	990	30	2,770	8,450
‘*’ = Less than 5 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Data for primary SEN need is collected for pupils with a statement of special educational needs or who are classified as being school action plus only. Data here has been taken from the National Pupil Database. (3) Data for Primary SEN is not collected for pupils whose special educational need is classed as School Action. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils with statements of special educational needs for autism were given (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusion from mainstream schools in each year since 1997; and what the reasons for such exclusions were. [260517]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Data on pupil characteristics linked to exclusions was collected in the School Census for the first time in 2005/06, but was collected from secondary schools only. In 2006/07 data were also collected from primary and special schools.

The information provided shows the number of fixed period and permanent exclusions (not the number of pupils) where the pupil’s special educational need was autistic spectrum disorder, broken down by reason for exclusion. Pupils can be excluded more than once and these can be for different reasons.

Primary and secondary schools( 1 ) number of fixed period and permanent exclusions for pupils with statements of SEN for autistic spectrum disorder by reason for exclusion( 2)
	2005/06				2006/07
	Fixed period		Permanent		Fixed period		Permanent
	Primary( 3)	Secondary	Primary( 3)	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
Bullying	n/a	10	n/a	0	*	20	0	0
Drug and alcohol related	n/a	20	n/a	*	0	10	0	0
Persistent disruptive behaviour	n/a	170	n/a	10	140	180	*	*
Damage	n/a	40	n/a	*	10	30	0	0
Other	n/a	200	n/a	*	30	210	*	0
Physical assault against an adult	n/a	100	n/a	*	220	120	10	*
Physical assault against a pupil	n/a	300	n/a	*	90	290	0	0
Racist abuse	n/a	10	n/a	0	*	10	0	0
Sexual misconduct	n/a	10	n/a	0	10	20	0	0
Theft	n/a	10	n/a	0	*	20	0	*
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against an adult	n/a	310	n/a	*	70	340	*	0
Verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against a pupil	n/a	40	n/a	*	10	50	0	*
Total	n/a	1,230	10	30	580	1,290	10	10
n/a = Not available ‘*’ = Less than 5 (1) Includes maintained primary, maintained secondary, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (2) Pupils who, (a) at the time of the January School Census had statements of special educational need or whose need was classed as School Action Plus and (b) whose special educational need at the time of the School Census was autistic spectrum disorder, and (c) who had a statement of special educational needs at the time of exclusion. (3) In 2005/06, Secondary school exclusions data was collected for the first time through the termly School Census. Primary school data was collected via the annual school census which collected data on permanent but not fixed term exclusions, and did not collect reasons for exclusion. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 Source: School Census

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