Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by characteristic

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Termly number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by pupil characteristics. Includes breakdowns by age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, Free School Meals and Special Educational Needs. 

Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
Release
Autumn term 2022/23
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
Filters
  • Characteristic
  • School Type
Time period
2019/20 Autumn term to 2022/23 Autumn term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifiertime_periodgeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namenew_la_codeold_la_codela_nameschool_typecharacteristic_groupcharacteristicheadcountperm_exclperm_excl_ratesuspensionsusp_rateone_plus_suspone_plus_susp_rate
Summer term202122Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsE06000017857RutlandTotalAgeAge 94130 0.000000000000002 0.484261501210652 0.48426150121065
Spring term202122Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsE06000017857RutlandState-funded primaryEthnicity DetailedAny other Asian background130 0.000000000000000 0.000000000000000 0.00000000000000
Summer term202122Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsE06000017857RutlandState-funded primaryEthnicity DetailedAny other Black/African/Caribbean background150 0.000000000000000 0.000000000000000 0.00000000000000
Summer term202122Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsE06000017857RutlandState-funded secondaryEthnicity DetailedAny other Black/African/Caribbean background120 0.000000000000001 8.333333333333331 8.33333333333333
Spring term202122Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000004East MidlandsE06000017857RutlandTotalEthnicity DetailedAny other Black/African/Caribbean background270 0.000000000000001 3.703703703703701 3.70370370370370

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables
Variable nameVariable description
characteristicCharacteristic - Detail of age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, fsm, SEN
headcountHeadcount
one_plus_suspPupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_ratePupil enrolments with one or moresuspension (rate)
perm_exclPermanent exclusions

Footnotes

  1. For 2019/20 and 2020/21, while suspensions and permanent exclusions were possible throughout the academic year, pandemic restrictions will have had an impact on the numbers presented and caution should be taken when comparing across years.
  2. Total pupil headcounts by ethnicity are only available at spring term each year. Exclusion and suspension rates by ethnicity are therefore calculated based on pupil headcounts as at spring term for the academic year. For Autumn 2022/23, the most recent headcounts available are at spring 2021/22. As a result, total headcounts by ethnicity will not sum to the same total as for other characteristics.
  3. Data on one or more suspensions may not match the totals in the "Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by geography" data file - this occurs where a characteristic changes within the term and suspensions are recorded separately against each. For example, a pupil with multiple suspensions while recorded as not having SEN and with multiple suspensions while recorded as SEN support in the same term, will count as two enrolments in this data.

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