Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - by geography

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Published 18 July 2024

Last updated 18 July 2024

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension, broken down at National, Regional and Local Authority level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Suspensions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2022/23

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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	school_type	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	200607	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	333	E08000028	Sandwell	state-funded secondary	18	20148	77	0.38217	2180	10.81993	1392	6.90887
Academic year	200607	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	333	E08000028	Sandwell	Total	118	50231	81	0.16126	2556	5.08849	1610	3.20519
Academic year	200607	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	334	E08000029	Solihull	state-funded secondary	14	16919	76	0.4492	1668	9.85874	960	5.67409
Academic year	200607	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	861	E06000021	Stoke-on-Trent	state-funded secondary	17	14169	29	0.20467	1392	9.82426	813	5.73788
Academic year	200607	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	884	E06000019	Herefordshire, County of	Total	100	23166	31	0.13382	1441	6.22032	688	2.96987

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 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 suspension (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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