Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by term (2018-19 to 2019-20)

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Published 29 July 2021

Last updated 29 July 2021

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by term. Includes 2018/19 and 2019/20 only.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2019/20
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Permanent exclusions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2018/19 Autumn term to 2019/20 Summer term

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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	201920	National	E92000001	England						21247	Total	8255046	3167	0.03836	178412	2.16125
Spring term	201920	National	E92000001	England						21255	Total	8255046	1850	0.02241	131124	1.58841
Summer term	201920	National	E92000001	England						21248	Total	8255046	40	0.00048	1197	0.0145
Autumn term	201920	National	E92000001	England						16784	state-funded primary	4714772	455	0.00965	29113	0.61748
Summer term	201920	National	E92000001	England						16784	state-funded primary	4714772	2	0.00004	546	0.01158

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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

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Footnotes

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

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