The increase has led to concern that schools and local authorities inScotland are not signed up to the wider children's agenda.
Stephen Mason, president elect of the National Association of SocialWorkers in Education, said: "The one thing that Every Child Matters doesis challenge us all not to see these as isolated problems. It isregrettable if the only solution that can be found is a permanentexclusion, which is not a solution but only one stage of identifying ayoung person's need. I would like to see more inclusive and more plannedintervention, not a removal of the problem for it to be addressed later,which is what permanent exclusion does."
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