Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

02a - Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by characteristic (2006-07 to 2020-21)

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Published 28 July 2022

Last updated 28 July 2022

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

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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: 520,054
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • School Type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2020/21

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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	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	school_type	characteristic_group	characteristic	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202021	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	Age	Age 10	623632	68	0.010903866	10200	1.635579957	6156	0.98712061
Academic year	202021	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	Age	Age 10	19369	5	0.025814446	476	2.457535237	266	1.373328515
Academic year	202021	National	E92000001	England						State-funded special	Age	Age 10	9793	2	0.020422751	689	7.0356377	343	3.502501787
Academic year	202021	National	E92000001	England						Total	Age	Age 10	652794	75	0.011489076	11365	1.740978011	6765	1.036314672
Academic year	202021	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	Age	Age 11	1487	0	0	40	2.689979825	23	1.546738399

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic - Detail of age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, fsm, SEN
headcount	Headcount
one_plus_susp	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_rate	Pupil enrolments with one or moresuspension (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.

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