Government of Jersey

School exclusions (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 30 November 2017.

Request

Could you list the number of exclusion from schools in Jersey over the past three years as well as the reasons for the exclusion.

Response

The number of instances of exclusions in primary schools is outlined below:

	2014 / 2015 academic year	2015 / 2016 academic year	2016 / 2017 academic year
All primary schools	27	18	19

Due to the small numbers represented above, the Education Department have determined that providing a breakdown by primary school would likely breach the privacy of the individuals and therefore, Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) 2011 Law (the Law) has been applied.

The number of instances of exclusions in secondary schools is outlined below:

Secondary school	2014 / 2015 academic year	2015 / 2016 academic year	2016 / 2017 academic year
Grainville	105	107	160
Haute Vallee	107	83	89
Hautlieu	<5	6	16
JCG	<5
Le Rocquier	78	145	168
Les Quennevais	45	45	77
Victoria College	<5	6	12

The Education Department have determined that revealing the actual figure when there is less than five would likely breach the privacy of the individuals and therefore, Article 25 of the Law has been applied.

The reason for exclusions in primary and secondary schools are outlined below. However, this data outlines only exclusions where reasons have been recorded.

Reason for Exclusions	2014 / 2015 academic year	2015 / 2016 academic year	2016 / 2017 academic year
Assault on staff member	16	12	15
Assault on student	85	100	89
Bullying	<5	8	10
Damaging school property	12	8	11
Dangerous behaviour	25	12	11
Disruptive	22	41	129
Drug related	<5	9	17
Fighting	<5	18	6
Refusal to co-operate	39	37	38
Smoking	7	<5	8
Stealing	6	<5	<5
Threatening behaviour	23	13	14
Truancy	<5	10	<5
Vandalism	<5
Verbal abuse to staff	108	125	144
Verbal abuse to student	0	8	8
Violence in classroom	<5	<5	6
Other reasons	9	<5	28

Exemption applied

Article 25 Personal Information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.