Permanent Exclusions
4.18 Permanent exclusions from schools can be linked to deprivation, although other factors such as individual LEA and school policy on excluding pupils is important. A permanent exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded and their name is removed from the school register.
4.19 Figures for 2005/06 show that there were a total of 880 permanent exclusions from primary (90), secondary (770) and special schools (10) in the South West. As a proportion of the school population, the figures are comparable to national averages.
4.20 There were a total of 36,630 fixed term exclusions in the South West from secondary schools in 2005/06, equating to 11.2% of the secondary school population. This proportion is above the national average. A fixed period exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded from a school but remains on the register of that school because they are expected to return when the exclusion period is completed.