Rural England
School exclusions
Key points
- The proportion of pupils excluded from school is lower in rural authorities than in other authorities: 9 per 10,000 pupils compared with 12 per 10,000 pupils.
- See the UK indicator on school exclusions.
Graph 1: Compared to urban
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Rural/urban ratios (urban = 10)
On most poverty and social exclusion indicators, rural areas have 'better scores' than urban areas. The purpose of the table below is to differentiate between those subjects where rural areas are 'a bit better' and those where rural areas are 'a lot better'. It does so by presenting the rural statistics for the indicator as a proportion of the urban statistics. So, for example, a rural 'score' of 6 in the table below means that the rural statistic is around 60% of its urban equivalent.
| 'Mostly rural' authorities | 7 |
|---|
Definitions and data sources
The indicator
The graph shows the proportion of pupils who were permanently excluded from school in the 2006/07 academic year. The data is for all maintained primary and secondary schools plus both maintained and non-maintained special schools.
Level of the data
Upper tier local authorities. Both the classification rules and their results by local authority can be found on the page on rural/urban classification systems. Note that there is no official government rural/urban classification system for upper tier local authorities but that the one used here has been designed to be consistent with the DEFRA 2005 classification system for lower tier local authorities.
Source
Department for Children, Schools and Families (formerly DfES) Statistical Bulletins.
The numbers
| 'Mostly rural' authorities | 0.09% |
|---|---|
| Other authorities | 0.12% |