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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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