Jersey schools record 164 exclusions in a year

The 2023/24 academic year saw an increase of 31 exclusions across primary and secondary schools compared to the year previous

Jersey primary and secondary schools saw a total of 164 exclusions across the 2023/24 academic year, according to the government.

The data was published after Deputy Rob Ward, Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, was quizzed by Deputy Max Andrews.

During the 2023/24 academic year, 12 students were excluded from primary schools across the island, while 152 secondary students were excluded.

Secondary schools saw an increase of 37 exclusions compared to the year previous, the figures showed.

Meanwhile, there was a decrease in the number of exclusions in primary schools, with 18 exclusions recorded in the 2022/23 academic year.

The highest recorded rate of exclusions in secondary schools in Jersey came in the 2020/21 academic year, with 150 cases.

In the same year, primary schools recorded the lowest rate of exclusions in the last five years with just seven.

But the government claimed that, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years were not comparable with other years.