Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

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

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Published 20 July 2023

Last updated 20 July 2023

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.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Summer term 2021/22
• 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

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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	new_la_code	old_la_code	la_name	school_type	breakdown_topic	breakdown	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202021	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000055	822	Bedford	Total	Ethnicity detailed	White British	15780	18	0.11406844106464	498	3.15589353612167	288	1.82509505703422
Academic year	202021	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000055	822	Bedford	Total	NC year group	NC Year 1 and below	5531	1	0.01807991321642	35	0.63279696257458	17	0.30735852467908
Academic year	202021	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000055	822	Bedford	Total	NC year group	NC Year 12 and above	1990	0	0.00000000000000	6	0.30150753768844	5	0.25125628140704
Academic year	202021	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000006	East of England	E06000055	822	Bedford	Total	NC year group	NC Year 3	2268	1	0.04409171075838	29	1.27865961199295	12	0.52910052910053
Academic year	202021	Local authority	E92000001	England	E12000005	West Midlands	E06000021	861	Stoke-on-Trent	State-funded primary	FSM	FSM - Not eligible	16266	0	0.00000000000000	84	0.51641460715603	44	0.27050288946268

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 9 variables

Variable name	Variable description
breakdown	Pupil characteristic - Detail of age, gender, national curriculum year, ethnicity, fsm, SEN
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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