A report on the 2006/07 period revealed there were 8,680 permanent exclusions from primary, secondary and special needs schools in England.
There were 363,270 fixed-period exclusions from state-funded secondary schools, compared with 348,380 in the previous year - an increase of just over four per cent.
Junior children's minister Kevin Brennan said: "Permanent exclusions are down and temporary exclusions are up, reflecting early intervention and a reduction in the most serious incidents of bad behaviour."
However, Christine Blower, acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Temporary exclusion from academies has more than doubled and permanent exclusions have gone up by almost half."
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