National - Suspensions and permanent exclusions
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Suspensions and permanent exclusions by social care group.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage of pupils permanently excluded
- Percentage of pupils with one or more suspension
- Total number of pupils
- Filters
- School type
- Social care group
- Time period
- 2017/18 to 2022/23
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | social_care_group | phase_type_grouping | t_pupils | t_perm_excl | pt_perm_excl | t_one_plus_sus | pt_one_plus_sus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | Special | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | State-funded alternative provision school | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | State-funded primary | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | State-funded secondary | x | x | x | x | x |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | Total | 8443790 | 9420 | 0.11 | 315720 | 3.74 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| phase_type_grouping | School type - Filter by school type |
| pt_one_plus_sus | Percentage of pupils with one or more suspension |
| pt_perm_excl | Percentage of pupils permanently excluded |
| social_care_group | Social care group - Filter by social care group |
| t_one_plus_sus | Total number of pupils with one or more suspension |
Footnotes
- The all pupils comparison figures taken from the national publication are produced using a different methodology based on enrolments and the school type is allocated in a different way. As a result of this, the all pupils comparison is not provided by school type as it is not appropriate to compare. More detailed information on the suspensions and permanent exclusions data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
- State-funded alternative provision (AP) schools include pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and alternative provision free schools (in earlier years this school type was labelled as 'Pupil referral unit' but the inclusion criteria is the same).
- While suspensions and permanent exclusions were possible throughout the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years, national restrictions will have had an impact on the numbers presented and caution should be taken when comparing across years.
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