Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

09 - Exclusion reviews (2012-13 to 2020-21)

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Published 28 July 2022

Last updated 28 July 2022

Number of review panels for permanent exclusions lodged and their outcome. See data file 08 - Exclusion appeals 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 2020/21
• Number of rows: 4,396
• 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)
  • B3 - Number where an SEN expert was requested
  • B4 - Percentage where an SEN expert was requested (% of reviews determined)
  • B5 - Number upholding exclusion
  • B6 - Percentage upholding exclusion (% of reviews determined)
  • C1 - Number recommending reconsideration by the governing body
  • C2 - Percentage recommending reconsideration by the governing body (% of reviews determined)
  • C3 - Number of pupils offered reinstatement when recommended
  • C4 - Percentage of pupils offered reinstatement when recommended (% of reviews recommended reconsideration)
  • C5 - Number directing reconsideration by the governing body
  • C6 - Percentage directing reconsideration by the governing body (% of reviews determined)
  • C7 - Number offered reinstatement when directed
  • C8 - Percentage offered reinstatement when directed (% of reviews directing reconsideration by the government body)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21

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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	school_type	number_of_reviews_lodged	number_of_reviews_determined	percentage_of_reviews_determined	number_where_sen_expert_requested	percentage_where_sen_expert_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	202021	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						Total	328	311	94.81707	176	56.59164	183	58.84244	56	18.006	13	23.21429	72	23.15113	37	51.38889
Academic year	202021	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						LA maintained primary, secondary and special schools	98	89	90.81633	59	66.29213	50	56.17978	19	21.348	4	21.05263	20	22.47191	10	50
Academic year	202021	Exclusion reviews	National	E92000001	England						Academies	230	222	96.52174	117	52.7027	133	59.90991	37	16.667	9	24.32432	52	23.42342	27	51.92308
Academic year	202021	Exclusion reviews	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	17	17	100	3	17.64706	17	100	0	0	0	z	0	0	0	z
Academic year	202021	Exclusion reviews	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				LA maintained primary, secondary and special schools	4	4	100	2	50	4	100	0	0	0	z	0	0	0	z

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 16 variables

Variable name	Variable description
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
number_offered_reinstatement_when_recommended	C3 - Number of pupils offered reinstatement when recommended
number_recommending_reconsideration	C1 - Number recommending reconsideration by the governing body
number_upholding_exclusion	B5 - Number upholding exclusion
number_where_sen_expert_requested	B3 - Number where an SEN expert was requested
percentage_directing_reconsideration	C6 - Percentage directing reconsideration by the governing body (% of reviews determined)
percentage_of_reviews_determined	B2 - Independent reviews determined by an independent review panel (% of reviews lodged)
percentage_offered_reinstatement_when_directed	C8 - Percentage offered reinstatement when directed (% of reviews directing reconsideration by the government body)
percentage_offered_reinstatement_when_recommended	C4 - Percentage of pupils offered reinstatement when recommended (% of reviews recommended reconsideration)
percentage_recommending_reconsideration	C2 - Percentage recommending reconsideration by the governing body (% of reviews determined)
percentage_upholding_exclusion	B6 - Percentage upholding exclusion (% of reviews determined)
percentage_where_sen_expert_requested	B4 - Percentage where an SEN expert was requested (% of reviews determined)
school_type	School Type - LA maintained, academies, Total (sum of LA maintained and academies)

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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.

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