Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Exclusion reviews (from 2012/13)

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Published 10 July 2025

Last updated 10 July 2025

Number of review panels for permanent exclusions lodged and their outcome. See data file 'Exclusion appeals (1997/98 to 2011/12)' for data on appeals prior to 2012/13.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 5,865
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • A1 - Number of independent reviews lodged (in academic year)
  • B1 - Independent reviews determined by an independent review panel
  • B2 - Independent reviews determined by an independent review panel (% of reviews lodged)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2023/24

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	measure	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	education_phase	number_of_reviews_lodged	number_of_reviews_determined	percentage_of_reviews_determined	number_where_senexpert_requested	percentage_where_senexpert_requested	number_upholding_exclusion	percentage_upholding_exclusion	number_recommending_reconsideration	percentage_recommending_reconsideration	number_offered_reinstatement_when_recommended	percentage_offered_reinstatement_when_recommended	number_directing_reconsideration	percentage_directing_reconsideration	number_offered_reinstatement_when_directed	percentage_offered_reinstatement_when_directed
Academic year	202324	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						Total	810	765	94.44444	517	67.5817	463	60.52288	124	16.20915	29	23.3871	178	23.26797	62	34.83146
Academic year	202324	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained primary, secondary and special schools	236	231	97.88136	162	70.12987	137	59.30736	44	19.04762	8	18.18182	50	21.64502	22	44
Academic year	202324	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						Academies	574	534	93.03136	355	66.4794	326	61.04869	80	14.98127	21	26.25	128	23.97004	40	31.25
Academic year	202324	Exclusion reviews	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	45	44	97.77778	28	63.63636	31	70.45455	7	15.90909	1	14.28571	6	13.63636	4	66.66667
Academic year	202324	Exclusion reviews	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				LA maintained primary, secondary and special schools	7	7	100	4	57.14286	5	71.42857	1	14.28571	0	0	1	14.28571	1	100

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 16 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School Type - LA maintained, academies, Total (sum of LA maintained and academies)
number_directing_reconsideration	C5 - Number directing reconsideration by the governing body
number_of_reviews_determined	B1 - Independent reviews determined by an independent review panel
number_of_reviews_lodged	A1 - Number of independent reviews lodged (in academic year)
number_offered_reinstatement_when_directed	C7 - Number offered reinstatement when directed

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Footnotes

1. The School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) Regulations 2012 were amended to give school governing bodies and local authorities more time to review suspensions and permanent exclusions and to explicitly allow for meetings to be conducted via video- or tele-conference facilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. In response to coronavirus (COVID-19), some temporary changes were made which applied to school suspension and permanent exclusion between 1 June and 24 September 2020 (inclusive of those dates) and 25 September up until 24 March 2022.

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