Suspensions and expulsions in NSW government schools (2005-2024)

This dataset provides information on suspensions and expulsions in NSW government schools.\r\n\r\n**Data Notes:**\r\n\r\n* A revised ‘Student behaviour policy’ for NSW public schools, was implemented in Term 1 2024. This resulted in the introduction of new behaviour grounds that are not directly comparable with those used under previous policies. Comparisons with previous suspension data are therefore discouraged, and where such comparisons are made, the policy changes should be taken into consideration.\r\n \r\n* The previous ‘Student behaviour policy’ was in effect from Term 4 2022, until the end of 2023. This resulted in a change from suspension types and reasons to suspension grounds and descriptors. Consequently, the 2022 full year fact sheet can only provide data on suspensions in Terms 1 to 3 in 2022.\r\n\r\n* From 2024, the Department will only publish a full-year fact sheet. For earlier years, please note that Semester 1 and full year data are not comparable, as students suspended in both semesters are counted only once in the full-year figures.\r\n\r\n* In 2024, the Department introduced a new methodology to calculate suspension rates. When comparing data across years, it is important to consider the different calculation in previous years.\r\n\r\n* Data in 2020 and 2021 are not comparable to previous years due to the impact of Covid 19.\r\n\r\n* ABS Statistical Area 4 (SA4) boundaries in NSW are combined into 11 groups for reporting of suspensions data from 2019. From 2013 to 2018, data was published by Family and Community Services districts.\r\n\r\n* To protect individual students’ identities, values under 10 are suppressed.\r\n\r\n* The definition for students who were suspended and identified as receiving adjustments due to disability has been broadened from 2021 onwards. This means suspensions issued to students identified as receiving an adjustment due to disability are included if they are eligible for inclusion in the NCCD, including: a) students who are not reported to the Australian Government, and b) students who were identified as receiving adjustments due to disability at one school but were suspended at a different school. Fact sheets published prior to 2021 used the tightened definition of students who were suspended and identified as receiving adjustments due to disability, and therefore, figures in the fact sheets from 2021 onwards are not comparable with fact sheets published prior to 2021. \r\n\r\n* Data for students identified as receiving adjustments due to disability is included for extensive, substantial, and supplementary.\r\n\r\n**Data Source:**\r\n\r\n* Learning and Wellbeing, NSW Department of Education.

本数据集提供新南威尔士州（New South Wales，简称NSW）公立学校的停课与开除相关信息。

**数据说明：**

* 2024年第一学期，新南威尔士州公立学校修订后的《学生行为政策》正式实施，新增了若干行为处分依据，与此前政策下的处分依据不具备直接可比性。因此不建议与既往停课数据进行对比；若确需开展此类对比，请务必考量政策变更带来的影响。

* 此前的《学生行为政策》于2022年第四学期起施行，至2023年末结束。该政策将停课的类型与处分原因调整为停课依据与行为描述项。因此，2022年年度数据简报仅能提供2022年第一至第三学期的停课数据。

* 自2024年起，新南威尔士州教育部仅发布年度数据简报。对于更早年份的数据，请留意：学期1数据与全年数据不具备可比性，因为在全年统计数据中，两学期均被停课的学生仅会被计入一次。

* 2024年，教育部启用了全新的停课率计算方法。在进行跨年度数据对比时，请务必考虑不同年份采用的计算方式存在差异。

* 受2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情影响，2020年与2021年的数据与此前年份不具备可比性。

* 自2019年起，新南威尔士州的澳大利亚统计局（Australian Bureau of Statistics，简称ABS）统计区域4（Statistical Area 4，简称SA4）边界被整合为11个分组，用于停课数据的报告。2013年至2018年的数据则按家庭与社区服务辖区发布。

* 为保护学生个人身份信息，数值小于10的数据将被隐去。

* 自2021年起，针对被停课且被认定因残疾需接受调整支持的学生的定义范围有所扩大。符合NCCD纳入资格的学生，均纳入统计范畴，具体包括：a) 未向澳大利亚政府报备的学生；b) 在某一学校被认定需接受残疾调整支持，却在另一学校被处以停课处分的学生。2021年之前发布的数据简报采用了更为严格的认定标准，因此2021年及之后的数据简报中的相关统计数据，与2021年之前发布的数据简报不具备可比性。

* 针对被认定因残疾需接受调整支持的学生的数据，涵盖了广泛支持、实质支持与补充支持三类情形。

**数据来源：**

* 新南威尔士州教育部学习与福祉部门（Learning and Wellbeing, NSW Department of Education）