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| NI schools 'suspend under-fives' | NI schools 'suspend under-fives' |
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| Children aged five and younger are regularly being suspended from schools in Northern Ireland, it has emerged. | Children aged five and younger are regularly being suspended from schools in Northern Ireland, it has emerged. |
| Between 2002 and 2007, a total of 131 suspensions were given to children in this age group. | Between 2002 and 2007, a total of 131 suspensions were given to children in this age group. |
| Most were suspended from schools for physically attacking teachers and classroom assistants. | |
| The statistics were released by the Department of Education in response to an assembly question from SDLP South Antrim MLA Thomas Burns. | The statistics were released by the Department of Education in response to an assembly question from SDLP South Antrim MLA Thomas Burns. |
| While most of the suspensions were for physical and verbal attacks on staff, some related to bullying and attacks on other pupils as well as being disruptive in class. | While most of the suspensions were for physical and verbal attacks on staff, some related to bullying and attacks on other pupils as well as being disruptive in class. |
| The figures also showed that one primary one pupil was expelled over behaviour. | The figures also showed that one primary one pupil was expelled over behaviour. |
| In the academic year 2006-07, the latest year for which figures are available, 25 children were suspended. | |
| But a teaching union has claimed the figures are just the "tip of the iceberg" and that many incidents go unreported. | But a teaching union has claimed the figures are just the "tip of the iceberg" and that many incidents go unreported. |