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❓ This WA parliamentary question seeks data on student suspensions and expulsions in public and non-government schools, with a focus on neurodivergent students. The answer provides data for public schools but lacks information on neurodivergence and non-government schools.

AnsweredQoN 1503Legislative Assembly

Asked

3 December 2025

Member

Mr Jonathan Huston

Portfolio

Education

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I refer to the suspension and expulsion/exclusion of students in Western Australian schools, and I ask : (a) For each of the last five school years, how many students enrolled in Western Australian public schools have been suspended; (b) For each of the last five school years, how many students enrolled in Western Australian public schools have been expelled or permanently excluded; (c) For each of the cohorts identified in (a) and (b), for each of the last five school years, how many students were identified as neurodivergent, whether through: (i) a formal diagnosis recorded by the school or the Department of Education for the purposes of funding, individual education plans or learning adjustments; and (ii) an imputed disability or neurodivergent status for the purposes of funding, learning support or adjustments, even if a formal clinical diagnosis has not been recorded; and (d) To the extent that the information is available to the State Government, will the Minister provide corresponding figures for non-government schools for parts (a) to (c)?

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Answered

14 April 2026

Responded by

Minister for Education

Response time

14 days

(a-b)
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Suspensions
18,068
19,289
21,565
19,989
20,483
Permanent Exclusion
43
67
113
109
123
(c) The Department does not collect, record or report information based on students who are neurodivergent.
(d) The Department does not collect or hold such data for non-government schools.

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