The statistics also show that children with special educational needs (SEN) continue to be over-represented among excluded pupils. Those with SEN statements are about eight times more likely to be expelled than those without.
There was a dip in the number of pupils with SEN excluded permanently. However, this rate of decline is smaller than the fall in exclusions among the overall pupil population.
There were a total of 4,260 exclusions among all SEN pupils in 2009/10, compared with 4,680 the previous year - a fall of nine per cent.
The number of fixed-term suspensions also fell to 331,380 in 2009/10, from 363,280 in 2008/09. The use of suspensions has dropped significantly since 2006/7, when 425,600 were placed on children.
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