Written question WQ97347
- Asked by
- Darren MillarConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Education
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of how many pupils have been excluded from schools since 2014, broken down by year and local authority area?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
This information is in the two tables below and is taken from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC). Only pupils excluded from mainstream schools are included. The data includes both permanent and fixed-term exclusions. Data for 2023/24 is not yet available.
A pupil can be excluded from more than one local authority in the same academic year. That pupil would count once in each local authority in that year, but only once for all of Wales. This means the local authority values may not add together to make the total for Wales.
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, schools were closed to some or all pupils in both the summer term 2019/20 and the spring term 2020/21. This impacts on the number of exclusions in both of these academic years.
Local Authority
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
2016/17
2017/18
Isle of Anglesey
68
107
129
100
136
Gwynedd
87
120
171
162
198
Conwy
117
188
236
263
258
Denbighshire
309
341
458
617
566
Flintshire
358
375
439
571
595
Wrexham
381
294
263
389
472
Powys
174
244
235
261
241
Ceredigion
42
55
71
85
73
Pembrokeshire
304
345
352
341
304
Carmarthenshire
283
278
288
326
362
Swansea
443
354
327
368
427
Neath Port Talbot
407
391
339
399
469
Bridgend
266
308
363
375
380
The Vale of Glamorgan
346
283
289
274
199
Rhondda Cynon Taf
743
880
772
916
849
Merthyr Tydfil
108
127
116
150
229
Caerphilly
410
456
424
519
626
Blaenau Gwent
209
202
139
220
233
Torfaen
247
174
322
330
276
Monmouthshire
145
170
190
193
220
Newport
537
500
486
487
429
Cardiff
963
916
718
581
780
Wales
6,938
7,091
7,114
7,907
8,296
Source: PLASC
Local Authority
2018/19
2019/20
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
Isle of Anglesey
216
216
175
272
347
Gwynedd
249
268
272
353
491
Conwy
287
261
224
336
472
Denbighshire
462
348
406
670
752
Flintshire
667
514
557
721
883
Wrexham
529
441
487
645
745
Powys
264
203
211
296
381
Ceredigion
115
76
89
110
162
Pembrokeshire
346
215
164
238
266
Carmarthenshire
361
318
331
546
636
Swansea
521
354
401
766
874
Neath Port Talbot
527
519
405
524
763
Bridgend
480
408
448
690
715
The Vale of Glamorgan
294
234
194
339
425
Rhondda Cynon Taf
1,033
722
836
1,170
1,194
Merthyr Tydfil
178
153
133
300
330
Caerphilly
619
507
551
829
953
Blaenau Gwent
254
184
197
348
426
Torfaen
281
250
297
431
675
Monmouthshire
260
184
205
208
243
Newport
482
367
478
676
667
Cardiff
805
573
650
1,067
1,216
Wales
9,206
7,311
7,701
11,501
13,591
Source: PLASC