US EditionSchool Suspensions and Exclusions in England Reach Record High
ENGLAND, JUL 10 – Nearly half of suspended children have special educational needs and disadvantaged groups face disproportionate exclusion, with 34 million school days lost in 2023/24, coalition data shows.
- In the 2023/24 academic year, England recorded a record high of 954,952 school suspensions and 10,900 permanent exclusions across all age groups.
- This rise stemmed mainly from a 24 percent increase in primary school suspensions and a surge in persistent disruptive behaviour impacting vulnerable pupils.
- More than 341,000 children were suspended at least once, with over 100,000 missing a week or more of school, and children with special needs and those on free school meals disproportionately affected.
- Charities and school leaders described the crisis as a behaviour epidemic requiring urgent government action, as one chief executive called the rise a "wake-up call."
- In response, the government introduced its 'Plan for Change,' which includes providing mental health resources across all schools and establishing new attendance and behaviour hubs to assist the 500 schools facing the greatest difficulties.
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School suspensions and exclusions in England reach record high
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School suspensions and exclusions rise to nearly a million in England - Finnoexpert
The number of school suspensions and exclusions in England has reached its highest level since 2006, Department for Education figures show. There were 954,952 suspensions in state schools in 2023/24 – a 21% increase on the previous year – while exclusions also rose 16% to 10,885. While secondary school pupils comprised most suspensions, more than 100,000 were primary age – a number that has grown significantly. A suspended pupil must stay out of…
You’ll think I must be making this stuff up but English schools permanently excluded ONE THOUSAND times as many children, per head, as in Scotland but we’ll pay some of the price for that as they’re used as drug mules by the English County lines drug gang
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dottie once again for alerting me to this: In the Guardian today, the above and: More than 10,000 children were permanently excluded from England’s state schools last year, alongside record numbers of suspensions involving pupils aged six or younger or with special needs, as teachers struggled to cope with worsening behaviour. The figures for the 2023-24 academic year revealed that the number of permanent e…
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