The figures match Ministry of Justice records for those who had appeared in court with information from the National Pupil Database held by the Department for Education.
According to the statistics, 88 per cent of those involved were boys and 42 per cent were in receipt of free school meals, compared to the overall national average of 16 per cent.
Those identified as having a statement of special educational need or identified as receiving "school
action" or "school action plus" support made up 66 per cent of the cohort compared with 21 per cent of all pupils in maintained secondary schools.
Thirty-six per cent of the 10-to 17-year-olds involved had received at least one fixed-period exclusion during 2009/10, compared to six per cent of all Year 11 pupils.
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