Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - school level

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Published 9 July 2026

Last updated 9 July 2026

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension, at school level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 405,529
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2024/25

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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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	education_phase	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2341	8052341	111640	Rift House Primary School	z	z	z	State-funded primary	266	0	0	0	0	0	0
Academic year	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3003	8053003	145814	St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School	NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/11/2018	State-funded primary	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Academic year	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2342	8052342	149030	Rossmere Academy	EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/05/2022	State-funded primary	433	0	0	3	0.69284	1	0.23095
Academic year	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3324	8053324	148367	St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool	BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/02/2021	State-funded primary	324	0	0	2	0.61728	1	0.30864
Academic year	202425	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2002	8052002	139584	Eskdale Academy	EDEN ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED	Primary sponsor led academy	01/07/2013	State-funded primary	189	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

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