Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - by term at school level

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Published 9 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

Number and rate of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspensions by term, at school level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 573,987
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2024/25 Summer term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	education_phase	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Autumn term	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2090	8052090	142965	Brougham Primary School	AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/07/2016	State-funded primary	342	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2238	8052238	151211	Clavering Primary School	EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST	z	z	State-funded primary	371	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2156	8052156	139884	Stranton Primary School	EDEN ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED	Primary converter academy	01/07/2013	State-funded primary	369	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3320	8053320	144902	St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School	DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/11/2017	State-funded primary	370	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2002	8052002	139584	Eskdale Academy	EDEN ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED	Primary sponsor led academy	01/07/2013	State-funded primary	188	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
headcount	Headcount
one_plus_susp	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_rate	Pupil enrolments with one or moresuspension (rate)
perm_excl	Permanent exclusions

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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.

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