The number of young people permanently excluded from secondary school dropped from 10,190 in 1997-98 to 7,990 in 2005-06. But fixed-term exclusions have shot up over the past three years, from 288,040 in 2003-04 to 343,840 in 2005-06. There has also been an increase in the percentage of girls permanently excluded, from 16 per cent in 1997-98 to 21 per cent in 2005-06.
The Department for Education and Skills said that despite this, the number of girls being excluded has fallen since 1997, from 2,030 to 1,860 in 2005-06.
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