- Title or Description
- School suspensions and exclusions
- FOI Number
- 2024527
- Date Received
- 15/05/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
- 1. How many secondary children were suspended from school in 2018-2024? (if possible list suspensions by year) 2. How many secondary children were excluded from school in 2018=2024? (if possible list suspensions by year).
- Response
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Scottish Borders Council does not suspend children. Suspension is the same as an exclusion in that a young person is taken out of school for a short number of days, usually 3 max. Exclusion is a general term covering both suspension and expulsion. Most of the time, the word 'exclusion' will be used officially in education settings so question 1 is not relevant.
2018 255
2019 105
2020 58
2021 87
2022 114
2023 98
2024 135
