Racist incidents in schools

How many racist incidents have been reported in schools in your local authority area for the past five years (2014,2015,2016,2017 and 2018 so far)? Please break this down by year and say whether the incident occured in a) primary or b) secondary schools.

Please also say whether the person committing the offence was a) teacher or b) pupil and whether the racism was against a) teacher or b) pupil. I would also be grateful if you could say the age and gender of the people involved if possible without breaching data protection rules.

• How many racist incidents reported in the last five years in schools resulted in action being taken by the school against the perpetrator (eg exclusion/ disciplinary action)? Please break this down by year and say what action was taken.

Number of incidents  Secondary
(11-16)
Primary
(age 5-11)
Male/Female Perpetrated by: Pupil/teacher Victim: pupil/teacher Exclusions
2018 to date  76 34 42 38 m 32 f 6 unknown 75 pupils 75 pupils * teachers 16
2017 70 29 41 47 m 17 f 6 unknown 70 pupils 69 pupils * teachers 9
2016 48 33 15 29 m 14 f 5 unknown 48 pupils 47 pupils 11
2015 83 30 53 31 m 15 f 4 unknown 83 pupils 83 pupils 7
2014 72 43 29 42 m 24 f 6 unknown 72 pupils * *

* means we hold this information but as disclosure may help to identify individuals and be in breach of Data Protection laws we consider it is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Section 40(2) Personal Data.

We hold information for other ages for the table below, but the same exemption applies as above.

Year  Age  Number
2018 10 6
2017 14 11
2017 10 6
2016 14 6
2016 12 10
2016 10 8

In order to provide advice and assistance there is more information about Bullying Hate and Prejudice Incidents (BHPI) on our public website.