Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - pupil referral units (2013-14 to 2021-22)

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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 in pupil referral units.

Data set details

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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	school_type	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	201920	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	822	E06000055	Bedford	1104	8221104	139320	Greys Education Centre	AP converter academy	Feb 1 2013 12:00AM	pupil referral unit	1	35	0	0.00000	28	80.00000	15	42.85714
Academic year	201314	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	822	E06000055	Bedford	1104	8221104	139320	Greys Education Centre			pupil referral unit	1	31	0	0.00000	64	206.45161	34	109.67742
Academic year	201516	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	822	E06000055	Bedford	1104	8221104	139320	Greys Education Centre	Converter academy	Feb 1 2013 12:00AM	pupil referral unit	1	43	0	0.00000	80	186.04651	34	79.06977
Academic year	202122	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	822	E06000055	Bedford	1104	8221104	139320	Greys Education Centre	AP converter academy	01/02/2013	pupil referral unit	1	27	1	3.70370	43	159.25926	24	88.88889
Academic year	201617	School	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	822	E06000055	Bedford	1104	8221104	139320	Greys Education Centre	AP converter academy	Feb 1 2013 12:00AM	pupil referral unit	1	44	0	0.00000	40	90.90909	23	52.27273

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

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.

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