Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Permanent exclusions and suspensions - by reason (2006-07 to 2019-20)

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Published 29 July 2021

Last updated 29 July 2021

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions and suspensions and those pupils receiving one or more suspension by reason for exclusion.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2019/20
• Number of rows: 8,926
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Permanent - All exclusions
  • Permanent - Bullying
  • Permanent - Bullying (%)
  • Permanent - Damage
  • Permanent - Damage (%)
  • Permanent - Drug and alcohol related
  • Permanent - Drug and alcohol related (%)
  • Permanent - Other
  • Permanent - Other (%)
  • Permanent - Persistent disruptive behaviour
  • Permanent - Persistent disruptive behaviour (%)
  • Permanent - Physical assault against a pupil
  • Permanent - Physical assault against a pupil (%)
  • Permanent - Physical assault against an adult
  • Permanent - Physical assault against an adult (%)
  • Permanent - Racist abuse
  • Permanent - Racist abuse (%)
  • Permanent - Sexual misconduct
  • Permanent - Sexual misconduct (%)
  • Permanent - Theft
  • Permanent - Theft (%)
  • Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil
  • Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil (%)
  • Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult
  • Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult (%)
  • Suspension - All exclusions
  • Suspension - Bullying
  • Suspension - Bullying (%)
  • Suspension - Damage
  • Suspension - Damage (%)
  • Suspension - Drug and alcohol related
  • Suspension - Drug and alcohol related (%)
  • Suspension - Other
  • Suspension - Other (%)
  • Suspension - Persistent disruptive behaviour
  • Suspension - Persistent disruptive behaviour (%)
  • Suspension - Physical assault against a pupil
  • Suspension - Physical assault against a pupil (%)
  • Suspension - Physical assault against an adult
  • Suspension - Physical assault against an adult (%)
  • Suspension - Racist abuse
  • Suspension - Racist abuse (%)
  • Suspension - Sexual misconduct
  • Suspension - Sexual misconduct (%)
  • Suspension - Theft
  • Suspension - Theft (%)
  • Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil
  • Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil (%)
  • Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult
  • Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult (%)
• Filters:
  • School Type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2019/20

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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	perm_physical_pupils	perm_physical_adult	perm_verbal_pupil	perm_verbal_adult	perm_bullying	perm_racist_abuse	perm_sexual_misconduct	perm_drug_alcohol	perm_damage	perm_theft	perm_persistent_disruptive	perm_other	perm_all	perm_physical_pupils_perc	perm_physical_adult_perc	perm_verbal_pupil_perc	perm_verbal_adult_perc	perm_bullying_perc	perm_racist_abuse_perc	perm_sexual_misconduct_perc	perm_drug_alcohol_perc	perm_damage_perc	perm_theft_perc	perm_persistent_disruptive_perc	perm_other_perc	susp_physical_pupils	susp_physical_adult	susp_verbal_pupil	susp_verbal_adult	susp_bullying	susp_racist_abuse	susp_sexual_misconduct	susp_drug_alcohol	susp_damage	susp_theft	susp_persistent_disruptive	susp_other	susp_all	susp_physical_pupils_perc	susp_physical_adult_perc	susp_verbal_pupil_perc	susp_verbal_adult_perc	susp_bullying_perc	susp_racist_abuse_perc	susp_sexual_misconduct_perc	susp_drug_alcohol_perc	susp_damage_perc	susp_theft_perc	susp_persistent_disruptive_perc	susp_other_perc
Academic year	201920	National	E92000001	England						Total	639	632	195	386	18	13	39	513	65	19	1744	794	5057	12.63595	12.49753	3.85604	7.63298	0.35594	0.25707	0.77121	10.14435	1.28535	0.37572	34.48685	15.70101	48890	22012	11419	49186	2438	3176	1283	8099	6286	2530	104237	51177	310733	15.73377	7.0839	3.67486	15.82902	0.7846	1.0221	0.41289	2.60642	2.02296	0.8142	33.54552	16.46977
Academic year	201920	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	80	303	23	48	2	2	4	1	5	0	230	41	739	10.82544	41.00135	3.11231	6.49526	0.27064	0.27064	0.54127	0.13532	0.67659	0	31.12314	5.54804	9421	14337	1638	4319	231	286	89	19	1115	78	13355	2373	47261	19.93398	30.33579	3.46586	9.13861	0.48878	0.60515	0.18832	0.0402	2.35924	0.16504	28.25797	5.02105
Academic year	201920	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	555	309	169	335	15	11	35	512	60	19	1505	744	4269	13.0007	7.23823	3.95877	7.84727	0.35137	0.25767	0.81986	11.99344	1.40548	0.44507	35.25416	17.42797	37583	4484	9458	44029	2033	2704	1149	7836	4437	2409	89332	47853	253307	14.83694	1.77018	3.73381	17.38168	0.80258	1.06748	0.4536	3.09348	1.75163	0.95102	35.2663	18.89131
Academic year	201920	National	E92000001	England						Special	4	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	49	8.16327	40.81633	6.12245	6.12245	2.04082	0	0	0	0	0	18.36735	18.36735	1886	3191	323	838	174	186	45	244	734	43	1550	951	10165	18.55386	31.39203	3.17757	8.24397	1.71176	1.82981	0.4427	2.40039	7.22086	0.42302	15.2484	9.35563
Academic year	201920	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	49	41	16	45	0	0	2	17	2	2	156	68	398	12.31156	10.30151	4.0201	11.30653	0	0	0.50251	4.27136	0.50251	0.50251	39.19598	17.08543	2027	881	646	3835	109	142	54	372	345	111	9711	4576	22809	8.88684	3.86251	2.83222	16.81354	0.47788	0.62256	0.23675	1.63094	1.51256	0.48665	42.5753	20.06226

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 51 variables

Variable name	Variable description
perm_all	Permanent - All exclusions
perm_bullying	Permanent - Bullying
perm_bullying_perc	Permanent - Bullying (%)
perm_damage	Permanent - Damage
perm_damage_perc	Permanent - Damage (%)
perm_drug_alcohol	Permanent - Drug and alcohol related
perm_drug_alcohol_perc	Permanent - Drug and alcohol related (%)
perm_other	Permanent - Other
perm_other_perc	Permanent - Other (%)
perm_persistent_disruptive	Permanent - Persistent disruptive behaviour
perm_persistent_disruptive_perc	Permanent - Persistent disruptive behaviour (%)
perm_physical_adult	Permanent - Physical assault against an adult
perm_physical_adult_perc	Permanent - Physical assault against an adult (%)
perm_physical_pupils	Permanent - Physical assault against a pupil
perm_physical_pupils_perc	Permanent - Physical assault against a pupil (%)
perm_racist_abuse	Permanent - Racist abuse
perm_racist_abuse_perc	Permanent - Racist abuse (%)
perm_sexual_misconduct	Permanent - Sexual misconduct
perm_sexual_misconduct_perc	Permanent - Sexual misconduct (%)
perm_theft	Permanent - Theft
perm_theft_perc	Permanent - Theft (%)
perm_verbal_adult	Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult
perm_verbal_adult_perc	Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult (%)
perm_verbal_pupil	Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil
perm_verbal_pupil_perc	Permanent - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil (%)
school_type	School Type - State-funded primary, secondary and special
susp_all	Suspension - All exclusions
susp_bullying	Suspension - Bullying
susp_bullying_perc	Suspension - Bullying (%)
susp_damage	Suspension - Damage
susp_damage_perc	Suspension - Damage (%)
susp_drug_alcohol	Suspension - Drug and alcohol related
susp_drug_alcohol_perc	Suspension - Drug and alcohol related (%)
susp_other	Suspension - Other
susp_other_perc	Suspension - Other (%)
susp_persistent_disruptive	Suspension - Persistent disruptive behaviour
susp_persistent_disruptive_perc	Suspension - Persistent disruptive behaviour (%)
susp_physical_adult	Suspension - Physical assault against an adult
susp_physical_adult_perc	Suspension - Physical assault against an adult (%)
susp_physical_pupils	Suspension - Physical assault against a pupil
susp_physical_pupils_perc	Suspension - Physical assault against a pupil (%)
susp_racist_abuse	Suspension - Racist abuse
susp_racist_abuse_perc	Suspension - Racist abuse (%)
susp_sexual_misconduct	Suspension - Sexual misconduct
susp_sexual_misconduct_perc	Suspension - Sexual misconduct (%)
susp_theft	Suspension - Theft
susp_theft_perc	Suspension - Theft (%)
susp_verbal_adult	Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult
susp_verbal_adult_perc	Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against an adult (%)
susp_verbal_pupil	Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil
susp_verbal_pupil_perc	Suspension - Verbal abuse or threatening behaviour against a pupil (%)

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