Children as young as four are being permanently excluded from school

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

Children as young as four are are being permanently excluded from school in England, Government data for the year 2000-01 has revealed. According to the Office for National Statistics, 13 four-year-olds - 12 boys and one girl - were permanently removed from their schools, as were 52 five-year-olds - 49 boys and three girls. By the age of six, 95 boys and eight girls were permanently excluded from school. The number of permanent exclusions overall, at just over 9,100 - 80 per cent of them from secondary schools - is the highest since 1998-99.