Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions - number of suspensions per pupil

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Published 20 November 2025

Last updated 20 November 2025

Number of pupils by the number of suspensions they have received (termly).

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Autumn term 2024/25
• Number of rows: 1,931
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of pupils
• Filters:
  • Number of suspensions
  • School Type
• Time period: 2016/17 Autumn term to 2024/25 Autumn term

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_identifier	time_period	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	education_phase	suspension	headcount
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England	Total	1	96506
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England	Total	2	30006
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England	Total	3	15178
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England	Total	4	8600
Autumn term	202425	National	E92000001	England	Total	5	5428

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
headcount	Number of pupils
suspension	Number of suspensions

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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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