Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions by district (LAD)

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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 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 2024/25
• Number of rows: 11,150
• Geographic levels: Local authority district
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Permanent exclusions
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 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	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	202425	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E06000062	West Northamptonshire	Total	178	67597	65	0.09616	7914	11.70762	2767	4.09338
Academic year	202425	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000008	South East	E07000225	Chichester	Total	56	14403	21	0.1458	1569	10.89356	571	3.96445
Academic year	202425	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000010	Wigan	Total	124	48230	97	0.20112	3499	7.25482	1561	3.23657
Academic year	202425	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	E07000035	Derbyshire Dales	Total	63	9199	13	0.14132	606	6.58767	258	2.80465
Academic year	202425	Local authority district	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	E08000008	Tameside	Total	96	37011	76	0.20534	7453	20.13726	2274	6.14412

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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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Attendance and exclusions statistics team

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

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