Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by district (LAD) (2016-17 to 2021-22)

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Published 20 July 2023

Last updated 20 July 2023

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension at local authority district level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Summer term 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority district
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Permanent exclusions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 to 2021/22

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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	school_type	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	Total	37	15266	16	0.10481	2165	14.1818	605	3.96306
Academic year	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	state-funded primary	30	9109	0	0	32	0.3513	23	0.2525
Academic year	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	state-funded secondary	5	5871	16	0.27253	2124	36.1778	579	9.86203
Academic year	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000001	Hartlepool	special	2	286	0	0	9	3.14685	3	1.04895
Academic year	202122	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	E06000002	Middlesbrough	Total	54	25362	45	0.17743	6952	27.4111	1329	5.24012

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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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