Suspensions, exclusions and expulsions by year level

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

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.