Written question WQ97957

Question

What percentage of primary school students were excluded in the academic years 2023-24 and 2024-25?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education

0.7% of pupils in primary schools received a fixed-term exclusion and 0.01% received a permanent exclusion in 2023-24.

6.2% of pupils in secondary schools received a fixed-term exclusion and 0.21% received a permanent exclusion in 2023-24.

See Permanent and fixed-term exclusions from schools: September 2023 to August 2024 (provisional).

Data for 2024-25 will be published in autumn 2026.

What percentage of primary school students were excluded in the academic years 2023-24 and 2024-25?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education

0.7% of pupils in primary schools received a fixed-term exclusion and 0.01% received a permanent exclusion in 2023-24.

6.2% of pupils in secondary schools received a fixed-term exclusion and 0.21% received a permanent exclusion in 2023-24.

See Permanent and fixed-term exclusions from schools: September 2023 to August 2024 (provisional).

Data for 2024-25 will be published in autumn 2026.