High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Monday, January 28, 2008
School Exclusions
During 2006/07 there were 44,794 exclusions from local authority schools in Scotland, an increase of 4% from 2005/06. In 248 cases, pupils were removed from the register of the school, though local authorities may also reach agreements with parents to move a pupil to another school without the use of a formal 'removal from register'
Rates were highest in S3. Deprivation, additional support needs, and being "looked after by the local authority" were all issues linked to high rates.
Source: Scottish Government Education Statistics
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