Can I please request the following information:
How many pupil exclusion requests have been made to the local authority from
primary schools in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019?
How many pupil exclusion requests have been made to the local authority from
secondary schools in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019?For both school types, can you please tell me:
If the request was granted or denied by the local authority?
If the request was denied by the local authority, what reason was given why?
If the school was local authority run (maintained) or in a trust?If answering this request will go over budget, can you please answer the first four bullet points (exclude the query
about trust or maintained school)
Please see the table below which distinguishes Permanent Exclusions (PEX) for the dates requested broken down between secondary and primary phase and whether a school is an Academy or local authority maintained:
| Academic Year | Total Number of PEX | Secondary Academy | Secondary maintained | Primary Academy | Primary Maintained | All through |
| 2018-19 | 96 | 55 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | 64 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 49 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | 112 | 85 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 141 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
It is the head teacher of a school who has the sole discretion to PEX or suspend, and not the local authority. We therefore do not have the ability to deny or authorise the decision. Local authority officers support families and schools with the statutory processes which follow when a decision is made by a headteacher in accordance with the guidance