A TOTAL of 14 pupils have been excluded from schools in Denbighshire during the last two academic years, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown.

The FOI request, submitted to Denbighshire County Council, also revealed that, in the same two academic years, a total of 1,256 suspensions have been issued to pupils.

These can be broken down into the following categories:

  • 2022-23 academic year – seven permanent exclusions, 731 suspensions.
  • 2023-24 academic year - seven permanent exclusions, 525 suspensions.

There were 14,996 pupils attending Denbighshire schools in 2022-23, and 15,012 pupils in the county in 2023-24.

The council said it could not provide information for each individual school in the county, but said the aforementioned exclusions and suspensions were handed out for the following reasons:

  • Bullying
  • Damage
  • Drug- and alcohol-related
  • Other (not specified)
  • Persistent disruptive behaviour
  • Physical assault against an adult
  • Physical assault against a pupil
  • Racial abuse
  • Sexual misconduct
  • Theft
  • Verbal abuse/threats to an adult
  • Verbal abuse/threats to a pupil