Statistics Publication Notice: Education Series - EXCLUSIONS FROM SCHOOLS, 2004/05

Table 14: Exclusions by reason for exclusion, 2004/05

An exclusion with more than one circumstance given is counted under each relevant category

	Number ⁽¹⁾	Percentage for known exclusions	Number of temporary exclusions	Number of removals from register
General or persistent disobedience	12,697	30	12,624	73
Verbal abuse of staff	10,452	25	10,402	50
Insolent and offensive behaviour	5,578	13	5,549	29
Physical assault with no weapon	5,059	12	4,969	90
Fighting	3,667	9	3,661	6
Threat of physical violence, no weapon	2,367	6	2,331	36
Verbal abuse of pupil	1,593	4	1,580	13
Damage to school property	1,117	3	1,100	17
Refusal to attend class	854	2	850	4
Substance misuse - not alcohol	625	1	622	3
Theft	413	1	411	2
Threat of physical violence using weapon or improvised weapon	351	1	325	26
Physical assault with improvised weapon	301	1	301
Substance misuse - alcohol	272	1	270	2
Fire raising	201	-	198	3
Threat to school property	181	-	178	3
Damage to personal property	110	-	110	-
Spitting	99	-	99	-
Malicious communications	83	-	82	1
Physical assault with weapon	87	-	78	9
Parental non-cooperation	50	-	49	1
Threat to personal property	35	-	35	-
Indecent exposure	27	-	27	-
Sustained peer exclusion for the purpose of causing significant distress	17	-	17	-
Threat of sexual violence	17	-	17	-
Slander and libel (including website)	15	-	15	-
Extortion	10	-	10	-
Stalking	3	-	3	-
Other	7,848	19	7,821	27

(1) For 2004/05 classifications of reason for exclusion were amended. See background note 12.

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