Pupil Exclusions: Special Educational Needs
(asked on 3rd February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of pupils with Permanent Exclusions or Fixed Term Exclusions from School have Special Educational Needs in the most recent period for which figures are availble.
This question was answered on 16th February 2022
In the 2019/20 academic year, there were 5,057 permanent exclusions, of which 2,284 (45%) were for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). In the same year, there were 310,733 suspensions, of which 140,266 (45%) were issued to pupils with SEN.
The table of data can be found in the attached excel document.