Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by term (2018-19 to 2021-22)

Not the latest data

Published 20 July 2023

Last updated 20 July 2023

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by term. Includes 2018/19 to 2021/22 only.

---

On this page

Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Summer term 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Permanent exclusions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2018/19 Autumn term to 2021/22 Summer term

---

Data set preview

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	num_schools	school_type	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate
Autumn term	201819	National	E92000001	England						3424	state-funded secondary	3327970	2608	0.07837	127411	3.82849
Spring term	201819	National	E92000001	England						16776	state-funded primary	4727089	413	0.00874	22281	0.47135
Summer term	201920	National	E92000001	England						3425	state-funded secondary	3409277	36	0.00106	581	0.01704
Summer term	201920	National	E92000001	England						21248	Total	8255046	40	0.00048	1197	0.01450
Summer term	202021	National	E92000001	England						21306	Total	8291772	1700	0.02050	149342	1.80109

---

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
headcount	Headcount
num_schools	Number of schools
perm_excl	Permanent exclusions
perm_excl_rate	Permanent exclusions (rate)
school_type	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special

---

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 figures given correspond to the headcount in Spring term each year, and therefore rates for Autumn and Summer terms are calculated based on permanent exclusions and suspensions in those terms, but as a proportion of the spring headcount.

---

Using this data

• Download the underlying data as a compressed ZIP file

• View or create your own tables

  View tables that we have built for you, or create your own tables from open data using our table tool

---