The number of exclusions and suspensions of children in schools is ‘too high’ in Wigan, according to a concerned safeguarding official. There have been 94 permanent exclusions and 3,489 suspensions in the 2021-2022 academic year, the Children and Young People’s Scrutiny Committee was told.
The figures emerged as safeguarding officer Glynis Williams took councillors through the Annual Safeguarding Children’s Partnership Report at Wigan Town Hall on October 25, where she stated these statistics ‘were not good enough’.
“The number of both exclusions and suspensions are too high in Wigan,” she said.
