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Reports on Stand-downs, Suspensions, Exclusions, Expulsions, and Early Leaving Exemptions

These reports provide analysis of stand-downs, suspensions, exclusions, expulsions, and early leaving exemptions for students enrolled in state or state-integrated schools.

Author: National Operations, Ministry of Education
Date Published: Annually (February)
These reports are based on the Ministry's Stand-down and Suspension database, which was developed in July 1999, after the introduction of the Education (Suspension) Rules 1999. Since those regulations introduced stand-downs for the first time, statistics prior to mid-1999 are not comparable.

The first report under the current system was released in September 2000, covering the July 1999 to June 2000 period. The second report covered the period 1 January to 31 December 2000. Subsequent reports are produced for each calendar year.

Definitions

Stand-down is the formal removal of a student from school for a specified period. Stand-downs of a student can total no more than 5 school days in any term, or 10 days in a school year. Following stand-downs, students return automatically to school.

Suspension is the formal removal of a student from school until the board of trustees decides the outcome at a suspension meeting. Following a suspension the board may decide to lift the suspension with or without conditions, to extend the suspension, or in the most serious cases, to either exclude or expel the student.

Exclusion means the formal removal of a student aged under 16 from the school, and the requirement that the student enrol elsewhere.

Expulsion means the formal removal of a student aged 16 or over from school. He or she may enrol in another school.

Links to Reports

Stand-downs, Suspensions, Exclusions, Expulsions, and Early Leaving Exemptions
Education Counts page Downloadable version of the report
Student Engagement: 2005 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 108KB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2005 report as a PDF [File size: 108KB]
Image of MS Word icon. Download this report as a MS Word document (File size: 187KB). This document opens in a new window. Download the 2005 report as a MS Word document [File size: 187KB]
Student Engagement: 2004 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 582KB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2004 report as a PDF [File size: 582KB]
Image of MS Word icon. Download this report as a MS Word document (File size: 313KB). This document opens in a new window. Download the 2004 report as a MS Word document [File size: 313KB]
Student Engagement: 2003 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 341KB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2003 report as a PDF [File size: 341KB]
Image of MS Word icon. Download this report as a MS Word document (File size: 274KB). This document opens in a new window. Download the 2003 report as a MS Word document [File size: 274KB]
Student Engagement 2002 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 228KB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2002 report as a PDF [File size: 228KB]
Image of MS Word icon. Download this report as a MS Word document (File size: 276KB). This document opens in a new window. Download the 2002 report as a MS Word document [File size: 276KB]
Student Engagement 2001 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 168KB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2001 report as a PDF [File size: 168KB]
Image of MS Word icon. Download this report as a MS Word document (File size: 117KB). This document opens in a new window. Download the 2001 report as a MS Word document [File size: 117KB]
Student Engagement 2000 Image of PDF icon. Click here to download this report as a PDF (File size: 3.98MB). This PDF opens in a new window. Download the 2000 report as a PDF [File size: 3.98MB]

 

 

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