Data set from Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England

Exclusions by reason

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Published 26 March 2020

Last updated 26 March 2020

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England
• Release: Academic year 2016/17
• Number of rows: 7,005
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Bullying
  • Bullying
  • Damage
  • Damage
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Other
  • Other
  • Persistent disruptive behaviour
  • Persistent disruptive behaviour
  • Physical assault against a pupil
  • Physical assault against a pupil
  • Physical assault against an adult
  • Physical assault against an adult
  • Racist abuse
  • Racist abuse
  • Sexual misconduct
  • Sexual misconduct
  • Theft
  • Theft
  • Verbal abuse against a pupil
  • Verbal abuse against a pupil
  • Verbal abuse against an adult
  • Verbal abuse against an adult
• Filters:
  • School type
• Time period: 2006/07 to 2016/17

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Data set preview

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	fixed_physical_pupils	fixed_physical_adult	fixed_verbal_pupil	fixed_verbal_adult	fixed_bullying	fixed_racist_abuse	fixed_sexual_misconduct	fixed_drug_alcohol	fixed_damage	fixed_theft	fixed_persistent_disruptive	fixed_other
Academic year	201617	National	E92000001	England						Total	1025	745	330	655	25	25	105	565	95	40	2755	1355	64355	26695	15170	59675	4250	4565	2235	9075	7685	4320	108640	75195
Academic year	201617	National	E92000001	England						State-funded primary	160	380	45	105	5	5	15	x	20	0	440	80	13405	17500	2520	6220	395	470	225	45	1415	195	17755	4190
Academic year	201617	National	E92000001	England						State-funded secondary	860	330	280	545	20	20	85	565	75	40	2295	1265	48610	5075	12150	51835	3590	3870	1930	8820	5290	4065	88165	69495
Academic year	201617	National	E92000001	England						Special	5	30	x	5	x	x	5	x	x	0	20	10	2345	4120	500	1615	265	225	80	215	985	60	2715	1510
Academic year	201617	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Total	35	35	10	55	x	5	5	25	5	5	155	95	2640	960	570	3835	175	200	65	380	400	160	8885	4560

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 25 variables

Variable name	Variable description
fixed_bullying	Bullying
fixed_damage	Damage
fixed_drug_alcohol	Drugs and alcohol
fixed_other	Other
fixed_persistent_disruptive	Persistent disruptive behaviour
fixed_physical_adult	Physical assault against an adult
fixed_physical_pupils	Physical assault against a pupil
fixed_racist_abuse	Racist abuse
fixed_sexual_misconduct	Sexual misconduct
fixed_theft	Theft
fixed_verbal_adult	Verbal abuse against an adult
fixed_verbal_pupil	Verbal abuse against a pupil
perm_bullying	Bullying
perm_damage	Damage
perm_drug_alcohol	Drugs and alcohol
perm_other	Other
perm_persistent_disruptive	Persistent disruptive behaviour
perm_physical_adult	Physical assault against an adult
perm_physical_pupils	Physical assault against a pupil
perm_racist_abuse	Racist abuse
perm_sexual_misconduct	Sexual misconduct
perm_theft	Theft
perm_verbal_adult	Verbal abuse against an adult
perm_verbal_pupil	Verbal abuse against a pupil
school_type	School type - Filter by school type

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Footnotes

1. State-funded secondary schools include city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including all-through academies and free schools.
2. Special schools include maintained special schools, non-maintained special schools and special academies. Excludes general hospital schools.
3. x - 1 or 2 pupils, or a percentage based on 1 or 2.
4. State-funded primary schools include all primary academies, including free schools.

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