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Statistics Publication Notice: Exclusions from Schools, 2002/03
Table 11: Exclusions by reason for exclusion 1998/99 to 2002/03 1
| 1998/99 2 | 1999/00 | 2000/01 | 2001/02 | 2002/03 |
Total | 35,791 | 42,340 | 42,656 | 44,192 | 41,401 |
General or persistent disobedience | 9,245 | 10,058 | 10,116 | 10,092 | 9,677 |
Verbal abuse of members of staff | 5,485 | 6,794 | 7,090 | 7,135 | 7,467 |
Physical abuse of fellow pupils | 4,529 | 5,466 | 5,648 | 5,514 | 5,337 |
Aggressive or threatening behaviour | 3,238 | 4,291 | 4,130 | 4,294 | 4,205 |
Insolent or offensive behaviour | 3,588 | 3,733 | 3,734 | 3,602 | 3,450 |
Fighting | 3,232 | 3,768 | 3,475 | 3,076 | 2,966 |
Theft / vandalism (2002/03 only) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,646 |
Physical abuse of members of staff | 886 | 1,146 | 1,309 | 1,452 | 1,506 |
Verbal abuse of fellow pupils | 868 | 1,052 | 1,073 | 906 | 917 |
Drug related incident | 494 | 449 | 443 | 568 | 542 |
Racist incident | 113 | 90 | 121 | 118 | 132 |
Lack of parental co-operation | 79 | 82 | 78 | 81 | 56 |
Other | 4,034 | 5,227 | 5,327 | 5,047 | 3,303 |
Not known | n/a | 184 | 112 | 2,307 | 197 |
1 An exclusion with more than one circumstance given is counted under each relevant category
2 Information on reason for exclusion was not known for 2,226 of the 36,856 temporary exclusions in 1998/99. Data for 1998/99 also includes the 201 removals from the register for which information was available. This figure has been otherwise excluded from this publication as it is believed to be an undercount of the total.
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