Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Suspensions and permanent exclusions - school level

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Published 10 July 2025

Last updated 10 July 2025

Number and percentage of suspensions and permanent exclusions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension, at school level.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2023/24
• Number of rows: 384,210
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Headcount
  • Suspensions
  • Suspension (rate)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2023/24

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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	estab	school_laestab	school_urn	school_name	trust_name	academy_type	academy_open_date	education_phase	headcount	perm_excl	perm_excl_rate	suspension	susp_rate	one_plus_susp	one_plus_susp_rate
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2310	8052310	146856	Barnard Grove Primary School	AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/02/2020	State-funded primary	325	0	0	5	1.53846	3	0.92308
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2364	8052364	111661	Grange Primary School	z	z	z	State-funded primary	381	0	0	0	0	0	0
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2151	8052151	139851	Eldon Grove Academy	EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/07/2013	State-funded primary	509	0	0	2	0.39293	2	0.39293
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	2215	8052215	141627	West View Primary School	AD ASTRA ACADEMY TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/01/2015	State-funded primary	465	0	0	10	2.15054	5	1.07527
Academic year	202324	School	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	805	E06000001	Hartlepool	3322	8053322	148380	St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Hartlepool	BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST	Primary converter academy	01/03/2021	State-funded primary	247	0	0	7	2.83401	3	1.21457

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
education_phase	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
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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