Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - full year state-funded alternative provision (including PRU)

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Published 24 April 2025

Last updated 24 April 2025

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension in state-funded alternative provision settings (includes pupil referral units, AP free schools and AP academies).

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Spring term 2023/24
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Number of schools
  • Permanent exclusions
• Time period: 2013/14 to 2022/23

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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	school_type	num_schools	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202223	National	E92000001	England						Alternative Provision	318	13191	45	0.34114	37592	284.98218	11681	88.5528
Academic year	202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Alternative Provision	17	1005	3	0.29851	2148	213.73134	773	76.91542
Academic year	202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Alternative Provision	48	2655	6	0.22599	8256	310.96045	2447	92.16573
Academic year	202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Alternative Provision	34	1527	3	0.19646	2411	157.89129	1057	69.22069
Academic year	202223	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Alternative Provision	22	938	0	0	1214	129.42431	558	59.48827

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
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 suspensionn (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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