Information from the Education Department shows there were 8873 suspension sanctions over 2022 involving 3748 students.

The number of students suspended in 2022 between kinder and year 12 were highest in the year 8 cohort with 748 students and 1743 sanctions

Next was the year 9 cohort with 721 students and 1743 sanctions.

There were 28 prep students suspended over the year and 940 students between prep and year six suspended overall.

Regarding sanctions in 2022 by classification, there were 2659 sanctions for behaviour that was detrimental to the health and safety of students, 886 for threatening behaviour and 570 for illegal behaviour.

There were 2094 sanctions for physical abuse of another student and 307 staff were physically abused or harassed last year.

There were 136 sanctions for bullying or cyberbullying, 116 for sexualised behaviour, 88 for harassment or stalking, and 40 for discrimination.

There were 305 sanctions for behaviour that caused or was likely to cause injury to a person or damage to property.

In 2017, there were 6928 suspensions.

Labor's education spokesman Josh Willie on Thursday said the new statistics showed sactions had therefore risen by 28 per cent since then.

"With a school year having close to 200 teaching days, there were on average 44 suspensions each day across the state - close to two entire classrooms of students," he said.

"This record number of suspensions, workers compensation claims and an unacceptable number of staff and students being physically abused, clearly shows the education system is in crisis, with students disengaging from learning in record numbers."

Government minister Nic Street said suspensions only happened in the most serious circumstances.

"What I can say is that violence and intimidating behavior towards our teachers and professional education staff is unacceptable in schools and needs to be dealt with," he said.

Mr Street said the Education Department had undertaken a review on violence and intimidation in schools in an effort to alleviate the problem.

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