High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 15, 2009
School Exclusions
During 2007/08 there were 39,717 exclusions from local authority schools in Scotland, a decrease of 11% from 2006/07. In 164 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. Pupils who are excluded are more likely to live in areas of higher deprivation, have additional support needs or be looked after by the local authority.
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Source: Scottish Government Education Statistics
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