Government figures show the number of permanent exclusions from allschools dropped by four per cent to 9,440. The statistics show a sevenper cent fall in permanent exclusions of Black children and a five percent fall among White British children. But there was a rise of almost17 per cent among children of mixed White and Black Caribbeanheritage.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers' union, claimedsome councils placed "undue pressure" on schools not to permanentlyexclude.
- www.dfes.gov.uk.
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