Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - by term school level

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Published 10 July 2025

Last updated 2 October 2025

Number and rate of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspensions by term, at school 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: 510,107
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2023/24 Summer term

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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
Autumn term	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3329	8053329	148817	St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool	BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/12/2021	State-funded primary	234	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2151	8052151	139851	Eldon Grove Academy	EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	30/06/2013	State-funded primary	493	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3323	8053323	148366	St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool	BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/02/2021	State-funded primary	118	0	0	0	0	0	0
Autumn term	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2215	8052215	141627	West View Primary School	AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/01/2015	State-funded primary	444	0	0	6	1.35135	3	0.67568
Autumn term	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2310	8052310	146856	Barnard Grove Primary School	AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/02/2020	State-funded primary	326	0	0	3	0.92025	3	0.92025

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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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