Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions by district (LAD)

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Published 10 July 2025

Last updated 15 December 2025

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspensions at Local Authority District (LAD) level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 9,931
• Geographic levels: Local authority district
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Suspensions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2023/24

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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	lad_code	lad_name	education_phase	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202324	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E08000022	North Tyneside	Total	77	31459	84	0.26701	3162	10.05118	1245	3.95753
Academic year	202324	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000009	South West	E06000025	South Gloucestershire	Total	115	41768	50	0.11971	6642	15.90213	2046	4.89849
Academic year	202324	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E07000087	Fareham	Total	40	15865	15	0.09455	1597	10.06618	559	3.52348
Academic year	202324	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E07000212	Runnymede	Total	30	12065	17	0.1409	1257	10.41857	459	3.80439
Academic year	202324	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E06000049	Cheshire East	Total	154	57345	44	0.07673	4194	7.31363	1643	2.86511

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
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)

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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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Email: schools.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Attendance and exclusions statistics team

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