In relation to children in years 7 to 11 of secondary school, please provided the following information for this school year to date, and the previous two years.
1. How many instances of reflection/reset/isolation have occurred?
Devon County Council (DCC) do not hold this information.
2. How many hours does this total?
DCC do not hold this information.
3. How many of these hours relate to children with special educational needs (SEN) or children awaiting diagnosis?
DCC do not hold this information.
4. How many suspensions have there been?
2021/22 – 10,061
2022/23 – 16,782
2023/24 – 4863
5. How many permanent exclusions have there been?
2021/22 – 121
2022/23 – 190
2023/24 – 40
6. Please provide in year leaver figures.
Compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time. DCC do not hold a centralised record of these figures, as such, a manual check of each child’s record would be required in order to determine if they have left the school. As there are almost 400 schools in Devon, with thousands of pupils, checking each record, for the last 3 school years would take well in excess of the appropriate limit.
We are unable to provide advice as to how to refine the request to make it fit within the timeframe, due to the way our information is held.
7. How many students are in each school?
Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, this information is exempt from disclosure under the rights inferred by the Act, because it is already publicly available on this national government website.
8. How many students are SEN or awaiting diagnosis?
Under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act, information in relation to SEN students is exempt from disclosure under the rights inferred by the Act, because it is already publicly available on this government website.
DCC do not hold information regarding how many are awaiting diagnosis as this is a health assessment, not a local authority assessment.
9. How many teachers have left schools? Please breakdown by individual school
DCC do not hold this information.
10. How many teachers have had a mental health related illness?
DCC do not hold this information.
11. What is the total sickness time due to mental health related illness?
DCC do not hold this information.
12. How many incidents of pupil self-harm have been recorded?
DCC do not hold this information.
13. How many suicide attempts by pupils have been recorded?
DCC do not hold this information.