Question reference: S6W-12499
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 23 November 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 December 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many high school pupils have been suspended from school following a violent attack on a teacher or pupil in each year since 2017.
Answer
There were 2,467 cases of exclusion (temporary or permanent) from publicly funded schools in Scotland during 2020-21 where the reason recorded was either physical assault using improvised weapon, physical assault using weapon or physical assault with no weapon (against either a pupil or staff member). This is down from 4,458 in 2018-19 and 5,374 in 2016-17.