Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions - number of suspensions per pupil

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Published 18 April 2024

Last updated 18 April 2024

Number of pupils by the number of suspensions they have received.

Data set details

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	school_type	suspension	headcount
Autumn term	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	1	83768
Autumn term	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	2	24221
Autumn term	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	3	11387
Autumn term	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	4	6063
Autumn term	202223	National	E92000001	England	Total	5	3435

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Number of pupils
school_type	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
suspension	Number of suspensions

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.
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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