Suspensions, exclusions and expulsions by year level

Number of suspension, exclusion or expulsion incidents by year level during Term 2, from 2013 up to 2022.

Semester 1 data from 2023 onwards.

Suspension from school means that the student does not attend school for a period of time ranging from one to five school days.

Exclusion from a school means that the student does not attend that school for either a set period of time ranging from four to ten weeks OR for the remainder of a term; or for students over 16, the remainder of the semester.

Expulsion from a single school means that a student who is over the age of compulsion does not attend school for a period of not less than six consecutive months to not more than eighteen consecutive months.

Expulsion from all Department for Education schools means that a student who is over the age of compulsion is permanently expelled from attending all Department for Education schools.