Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 2.10: Variation in school exclusions across the West Midlands


Top tier LA No of exclusions % of school pop
Stoke on Trent 80 0.21
Sandwell 80 0.15
Worcestershire 120 0.14
Coventry 70 0.14
Birmingham 230 0.13
Herefordshire 30 0.13
Dudley 60 0.12
Telford & The Wrekin 30 0.11
Walsall 40 0.09
Warwickshire 70 0.08
Staffordshire 100 0.08
Solihull 30 0.08
Shropshire 30 0.06
Wolverhampton 10 0.03
West Midlands 970 0.11
England 9290 0.12
SOURCES: Department for Education and Skills (DFES)
NOTES:
1. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000465/Table1LEA.xls
2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.  There may be discrepancies between constituent items and total as shown.
3. Includes middle schools as deemed.
4. Includes both Maintained and Non-Maintained Special Schools.
5. The number of permanent exclusions expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) pupils in Primary, Secondary and Special schools, excluding dually registered pupils in special schools in January 2003.
6. Source Annual School's Census

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