Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - state-funded alternative provision (including PRU) - school level

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Published 10 July 2025

Last updated 10 July 2025

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspensions in alternative provision settings (including Pupil Referral Units), at setting/school level.

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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: 3,700
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Suspensions
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2023/24

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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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	education_phase	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	1100	8051100	131294	The Horizon School, Hartlepool	z	z	z	Alternative Provision	1	37	0	0	80	216.21622	32	86.48649
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	806	E06000002	Middlesbrough	1100	8061100	142502	River Tees Hospital School	RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST	AP converter academy	01/04/2016	Alternative Provision	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	806	E06000002	Middlesbrough	1101	8061101	142511	River Tees Primary Academy	RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST	AP converter academy	01/04/2016	Alternative Provision	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	806	E06000002	Middlesbrough	1102	8061102	142487	River Tees Secondary Academy	RIVER TEES MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST	AP converter academy	01/04/2016	Alternative Provision	1	97	0	0	5	5.15464	4	4.12371
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	807	E06000003	Redcar and Cleveland	1100	8071100	148694	Archway Academy	HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST	AP converter academy	01/09/2021	Alternative Provision	1	75	0	0	28	37.33333	17	22.66667

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Variables in this data set

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

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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 for all settings including alternative provision do not include dual subsidiary pupils also on roll at another establishment. Alternative provision settings tend to be disproportionately impacted by this when calculating rates of suspensions and permanent exclusions, which can appear significantly higher than other phases.

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