Racial Bullying in Schools - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. Does the council have a record of the number of incidents of bullying recorded by local schools in the following years?

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

1.a) If it does, please state what types of bullying are recorded, e.g. racist, homophobic, religious, disability related, etc?

1.b) Does the council have any more general records of racism in schools in any/all of the above years, e.g. records of racist incidents rather than racist bullying?

 

2. What was the total number of racist incidents (or incidents of racist bullying) reported by schools to the council in each of the following school years? (Please specify whether the data held refers to racist incidents or racist bullying.)

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

2.a) What was the total number of schools that reported racist incidents or racist bullying to the council in each of the following school years? (Please specify whether the data held refers to racist incidents or racist bullying.)

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

 

3. Does the council have a record of incidents of hate crime recorded by local schools and/or the police? (For example, this might be reports made by schools to the police.)

3.A  If so, does this include figures specifically on racial hate crimes?

 

4. If the council has a record of racial hate crimes in local schools, please provide the total number of incidents recorded in the following school years.

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

4.A  Are the figures for racial hate crimes included in the figures for racist incidents or racist bullying (question 2)?

 

5. Does the council have records of school exclusions for racist bullying (or racist incidents) in any of the below school years?

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

 

6. If the council has records of exclusions for racist bullying (or racist incidents), how many were recorded in below school years?

  • 2015-16
  • 2016-17
  • 2017-18
  • 2018-19
  • 2019-20
  • 2020-21

6.A  For each year please state how many were i) fixed-term exclusions and ii) permanent exclusions.

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Decision

1-4. Lincolnshire County Council does not hold this information.

5-6. LCC only hold pupil exclusion data see below

 

Table showing 'Permanent and fixed period exclusions - by reason for exclusion (0607 to 1819)' from 'Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England' in Lincolnshire between 2014/15 and 2018/19 and 2019/20

 

2015/16

 2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

Fixed Period - Bullying

41

59

28

33

26

Data Not Yet Available

Fixed period - Racist abuse

49

58

63

80

 

56

Permanent - Bullying

0

0

0

0

0

Permanent - Racist abuse

0

0

0

0

0

Reference number
718141
Date request received
14 December 2020
Date of decision
04 January 2021