Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by characteristics

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Termly number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by pupil characteristics. Includes breakdowns by age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, Free School Meals and Special Educational Needs. 


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
Filters
  • Pupil characteristic
  • School Type
Time period
2019/20 Autumn term to 2021/22 Spring term

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifiertime_periodgeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namenew_la_codeold_la_codela_nameschool_typebreakdown_topicbreakdownheadcountperm_exclperm_excl_ratesuspensionsusp_rateone_plus_suspone_plus_susp_rate
Autumn term202122NationalE92000001EnglandTotalAgeAge 1066619847 0.007054959636005073 0.761485324182003432 0.51516215899700
Spring term202122NationalE92000001EnglandTotalAgeAge 1066722869 0.010341292631005475 0.820559089246003952 0.59230128232000
Autumn term202122NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primaryAgeAge 1063529646 0.007240719286004551 0.716358988565003097 0.48748929632800
Spring term202122NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded primaryAgeAge 1063615167 0.010532090651004928 0.774658846720003595 0.56511740137100
Spring term202122NationalE92000001EnglandState-funded secondaryAgeAge 10208202 0.00960614793400243 1.16714697406300155 0.74447646493700

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables
Variable nameVariable description
breakdownPupil characteristic - Detail of age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, fsm, SEN
headcountHeadcount
one_plus_suspPupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_ratePupil enrolments with one or moresuspension (rate)
perm_exclPermanent exclusions

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. Total pupil headcounts are only available at spring term each year. Exclusion and suspension rates by ethnicity are therefore calculated based on pupil headcounts as at spring term for the academic year. For autumn 2021/22, the most recent headcounts available were at spring 2020/21. As a result, total headcounts by ethnicity will not sum to the same total as for other characteristics.

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