Suspensions, exclusions and expulsions

Brief description

Count of students being suspended, excluded or expelled and number of incidents in each category during Term 2 of each year from 2012.

* Suspension from school means that the student does not attend school for a period of time ranging from one to five school days.
* Exclusion from a school means that the student does not attend that school for either a set period of time ranging from four to ten weeks OR for the remainder of a term; or for students over 16, the remainder of the semester.
* Expulsion from a single school means that a student who is over the age of compulsion does not attend school for a period of not less than six consecutive months to not more than eighteen consecutive months.
* Expulsion from all DECD schools means that a student who is over the age of compulsion is permanently expelled from attending all DECD schools.
* Incidents – Behaviour incidents that resulted in a suspension, exclusion or expulsion.