AQW 25485/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils (i) suspended; and (ii) permanently excluded from (a) primary schools; and (b) post-primary schools, in the last five years.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 1 April 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 April 2025
- Answer due by
- 16 April 2025
- Answered
- 16 April 202515 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of pupils (i) suspended; and (ii) permanently excluded from (a) primary school; and (b) post-primary school the last five years for which data are available.
| Academic year | Primary schools | Post-primary schools | ||
| Number of pupils suspended | Number of pupils expelled | Number of pupils suspended | Number of pupils expelled | |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 0 | 4904 | 23 |
| 2021/22 | 166 | 0 | 3530 | 20 |
| 2020/21 | 118 | 0 | 3371 | 25 |
| 2019/20 | 197 | 0 | 3088 | 11 |
| 2018/19 | 317 | 0 | 4170 | 30 |
Source: Pupil suspensions and expulsions | Department of Education
Notes:
Figures relate to pupils of statutory school age.
Due to school closures related to Covid-19 in 2019/20 and 202/21 comparisons to
other years should be treated with caution.