By JB
According to the most up to date Gov.UK education statistics for England, in the 2023/24 spring term they ‘shockingly’ had 295,559 suspensions from schools, which is actually a decrease from the 2023/24 autumn term when the figure was a ‘controversial’ 346,300 suspensions.
This newest figure calculates as 35 suspensions for every 1000 students in England.
There were also 3,107 students permanently excluded from schools in England.
In Scotland for the term year 2022/23 (Scottish statistics are calculated biennially) we had 11 676 suspensions, as the prof would say, all things being equal, English figures should be roughly 116 676. The Scottish data highlights a massive decrease from 2010/11 figures which stood at 26 844. Although this newest data shows an increase from 2020/21 where the figure was 8 323, this was during Covid when schools were affected by lockdown.
This up to date figure calculates as 16.6 suspensions for every 1000 students in Scotland.
There was also 1 student permanently excluded from a school in Scotland.
School exclusion statistics – gov.scot
According to Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research ( SCADR) where they use the 2021/22 ‘disgraceful’ figures for England.
“There has been marked divergence in the practice and policy of school exclusions between Scotland and England. Permanent exclusions in Scotland have almost been eliminated, from 21 cases in 2012/13 down to 1 single case in 2022/23. Meanwhile in England, they have increased from 4,632 in 2012/13 to 6,495 in 2021/22”.
Although no one wants to see a child suspended from school, is this not a newsworthy enough story about how our SNP Government and Scottish teachers are working for our Scottish school children and their future prospects?
Answer……No!
The London controlled media in Scotland will never report on a positive for Scotland, especially if it shows that the SNP Government are out performing the rest of ‘their’ union!!!
JB
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