FOI Request - School Exclusions

Request 101003320344

1.  Please provide me with the number of exclusions from primary schools in your authority which occurred as a direct result of violent incident in a)2018-19, b) 2019-20, c) 2020-21, d)2021-22 and e) 2022-23 to date

2.  Please provide me with the number of exclusions from secondary schools in your authority which occurred as a direct result of violent incident in a)2018-19, b) 2019-20, c) 2020-21, d)2021-22 and e) 2022-23 to date

Response 12-06-2023

1. & 2. Please note, the data below is including the following exclusion circumstances as a type of violent incident as recorded on SEEMIS:

Fighting
Fire Raising
Physical assault using a weapon / improvised weapon / no weapon / threat of physical violence with weapon / improvised weapon / no weapon / threat of sexual violence

Please also note that some incidents will have two or more circumstances recorded.

                             PRIMARY          SECONDARY
2018/19                  91                      40
2019/20                  65                      37
2020/21                  24                      38
2021/22                  9                      60
2022/23                  19                      86 (as at 30 May 2023)