Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - state-funded alternative provision (including PRU)

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Published 20 November 2025

Last updated 20 November 2025

Termly number and rate of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension in state-funded alternative provision settings (includes pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies).

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Autumn term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 3,780
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Suspensions
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2024/25 Autumn 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	education_phase	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England						Alternative Provision	315	14198	15	0.10565	15673	110.38879	6935	48.84491
Autumn term	202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Alternative Provision	17	1118	1	0.08945	1053	94.18605	547	48.92665
Autumn term	202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Alternative Provision	48	2894	5	0.17277	3693	127.60885	1512	52.24603
Autumn term	202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Alternative Provision	34	1697	0	0	894	52.6812	500	29.46376
Autumn term	202425	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Alternative Provision	22	1198	0	0	651	54.34057	379	31.63606

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Headcount
num_schools	Number of schools
one_plus_susp	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_rate	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspensionn (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.
2. Headcount for all settings including alternative provision do not include dual subsidiary pupils also on roll at another establishment. Alternative provision settings tend to be disproportionately impacted by this when calculating rates of suspensions and permanent exclusions, which can appear significantly higher than other phases.

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Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Attendance and exclusions statistics team

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