Government of Jersey

Behavioural incidents in schools

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Authored by Children, Young People, Education and Skills and published on 08 January 2026.
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Request 768417659

I am requesting the following recorded information related to behavioural incidents in schools in Jersey.

Please provide the following statistics, broken down by academic year (2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025):

1a. The total number of behavioural incidents reported across schools and broken down into categories that make up behavioural incidents. (e.g., physical abuse, verbal abuse, social exclusion, cyberbullying, bullying etc.).

1b. The total number of behavioural incidents recorded across schools and broken down into categories that make up behavioural incidents. (e.g., physical abuse, verbal abuse, social exclusion, cyberbullying, bullying etc.).

2. The total number of student exclusions from school as a result of a behavioural incident and broken down into categories as explained above.

3. The number of reported behavioural incidents that were referred to the police and broken down into categories as explained above.

4. Can all of these figures (requested in questions 1-3) be broken down into individual school's figures of behavioural incidents.

Response

1a and 1b. Government of Jersey schools record behaviour incident data within the School Information Management System (SIMS), and the data is available for the Children Young People, Education and Skills (CYPES) Informatics team to query and report upon. However, due to differences in behaviour management, there is significant variation in the nature and number of behavioural incidents recorded across schools. Schools have their own behaviour management policies and therefore have the facility to create behaviour classifications in SIMS that suit their needs. Categories for behavioural incidents is not consistently recorded across Government of Jersey schools. Therefore, the data does not exist in a recorded format that can be extracted as requested. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applied.

2. The total number of student exclusions from school as a result of a behavioural incident broken down into categories is shown in the table in the attachment provided.

Freedom of Information response 768417659 - Attachment.pdf

Overall totals have not been provided as the provision of this alongside the breakdown totals could lead to the identification of individuals. Also, where numbers are fewer than 10, disclosure control is applied to avoid identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

3. There was a total of 12 reported behavioural incidents referred to the police by the school across all Government of Jersey schools over the academic years from 2020/2021 to 2024/2025 (the date of the request). Due to the small numbers involved, it is not possible to provide a breakdown by school or by academic year as this could lead to the identification of individuals. Therefore Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 is applicable.

Occasionally a school will employ the services of the Community Policing Team to come in and speak with students as necessary if it is felt this would be of benefit in particular scenarios but this is not considered within the scope of the above request.

4. The total number of student exclusions from school as a result of a behavioural incident broken down into categories and into schools is shown in the table below

The data is aggregated over 5 years as to provide individual years would likely disclose personal information due to small numbers. The aggregate figure does not show trends.

Where numbers are fewer than 10, disclosure control is applied to avoid identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

School	Exclusion Reason	Total
Primary Schools
d'Auvergne	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
First Tower	Bullying	<10
	Damage	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	12
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Grands Vaux	Drug and alcohol related	<10
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	25
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Grouville	Physical assault against an adult	<10
Grouville	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Janvrin	Damage	<10
	Other	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	26
	Physical assault against a pupil	27
	Physical assault against an adult	28
	Racist abuse	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
	Wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures in place to protect public health	<10
La Moye	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
La Moye	Physical assault against an adult	<10
Plat Douet	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Rouge Bouillon	Damage	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	11
	Physical assault against an adult	33
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Samarès	Damage	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Physical assault against an adult	24
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Springfield	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
St Clement's	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
St Clement's	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	<10
St John's	Damage	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
St Luke's	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
St Luke's	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
St Martin's	Physical assault against an adult	<10
St Saviour's	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Racist abuse	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Trinity	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
Victoria College Prep	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
Victoria College Prep	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
Secondary Schools
Grainville	Abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity	<10
	Abuse relating to disability	<10
	Bullying	10
	Damage	57
	Drug and alcohol related	98
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	28
	Other	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	428
	Physical assault against a pupil	246
	Physical assault against an adult	23
	Racist abuse	24
	Sexual misconduct	14
	Theft	14
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	12
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	62
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	390
	Wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures in place to protect public health	<10
Haute Vallée	Abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity	<10
	Bullying	13
	Damage	32
	Drug and alcohol related	69
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	32
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	315
	Physical assault against a pupil	151
	Physical assault against an adult	13
	Racist abuse	26
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Theft	15
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	12
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	32
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	224
Hautlieu	Abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity	<10
	Bullying	<10
	Damage	<10
	Drug and alcohol related	10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	24
	Physical assault against a pupil	14
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Racist abuse	<10
	Theft	<10
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	17
Jersey College for Girls	Bullying	<10
	Damage	<10
	Drug and alcohol related	<10
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	21
	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	<10
La Sente/ La Passerelle	Damage	<10
	Drug and alcohol related	<10
	Other	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	<10
	Physical assault against a pupil	<10
	Physical assault against an adult	63
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	27
Le Rocquier	Abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity	<10
	Abuse relating to disability	<10
	Bullying	14
	Damage	13
	Drug and alcohol related	73
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	<10
	Other	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	342
	Physical assault against a pupil	132
	Physical assault against an adult	18
	Racist abuse	14
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	46
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	332
Les Quennevais	Bullying	<10
	Damage	12
	Drug and alcohol related	15
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	12
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	61
	Physical assault against a pupil	69
	Physical assault against an adult	<10
	Racist abuse	<10
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Theft	<10
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	12
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	14
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	59
Victoria College	Abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity	<10
	Damage	<10
	Drug and alcohol related	35
	Inappropriate use of social media or online technology	18
	Other	<10
	Persistent disruptive behaviour	19
	Physical assault against a pupil	28
	Racist abuse	<10
	Sexual misconduct	<10
	Theft	<10
	Use or threat of use of an offensive weapon or prohibited item	<10
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against a pupil	12
	Verbal abuse / threatening behaviour against an adult	14

Articles Applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority"

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

(3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.