Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by characteristic (2006-07 to 2021-22)

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Number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by pupil characteristics. Includes breakdowns by age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, Free School Meals and Special Educational Needs.


Data set details

Theme
Pupils and schools
Publication
Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Headcount
  • Permanent exclusions
  • Permanent exclusions (rate)
Filters
  • Pupil characteristic
  • School Type
Time period
2006/07 to 2021/22

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_identifiertime_periodgeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_namenew_la_codeold_la_codela_nameschool_typebreakdown_topicbreakdownheadcountperm_exclperm_excl_ratesuspensionsusp_rateone_plus_suspone_plus_susp_rate
Academic year202021Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000006East of EnglandE06000055822BedfordTotalEthnicity detailedWhite British1578018 0.11406844106464498 3.15589353612167288 1.82509505703422
Academic year202021Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000006East of EnglandE06000055822BedfordTotalNC year groupNC Year 1 and below55311 0.0180799132164235 0.6327969625745817 0.30735852467908
Academic year202021Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000006East of EnglandE06000055822BedfordTotalNC year groupNC Year 12 and above19900 0.000000000000006 0.301507537688445 0.25125628140704
Academic year202021Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000006East of EnglandE06000055822BedfordTotalNC year groupNC Year 322681 0.0440917107583829 1.2786596119929512 0.52910052910053
Academic year202021Local authorityE92000001EnglandE12000005West MidlandsE06000021861Stoke-on-TrentState-funded primaryFSMFSM - Not eligible162660 0.0000000000000084 0.5164146071560344 0.27050288946268

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables
Variable nameVariable description
breakdownPupil characteristic - Detail of age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, fsm, SEN
headcountHeadcount
one_plus_suspPupil enrolments with one or more suspension
one_plus_susp_ratePupil enrolments with one or moresuspension (rate)
perm_exclPermanent exclusions

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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