Accredited official statistics

Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2010 to 2011

Exclusions from schools and exclusion appeals in England during the academic year 2010 to 2011.

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR17/2012

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National tables: SFR17/2012

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Local authority tables: SFR17/2012

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Underlying data: SFR17/2012

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Pre-release access list: SFR17/2012

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Details

Reference id: SFR17/2012

Publication type: statistical first release

Publication data: local authority data

Local authority data: LA data

Region: England

Release date: 25 July 2012

Coverage status: final

Publication status: published

It reports national trends in the number of permanent and fixed-period exclusions together with information on the characteristics of excluded pupils such as age, gender, ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, and special educational needs (SEN) as well as the reasons for exclusion.

The key points from the latest release are:

  • there were 5080 permanent exclusions from state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and all special schools in the academic year 2010 to 2011
  • in the year 2010 to 2011, there were 271,980 fixed-period exclusions from state-funded secondary schools, 37,790 fixed-period exclusions from state-funded primary schools and 14,340-fixed period exclusions from special schools
  • the average length of a fixed-period exclusion in state-funded secondary schools was 2.4 days, for state-funded primary schools the average length of a fixed-period exclusion was 2.1 days
  • the permanent exclusion rate for boys was approximately 3 times higher than that for girls. The fixed-period exclusion rate for boys was almost 3 times higher than that for girls
  • pupils with SEN with statements are around 9 times more likely to be permanently excluded than those pupils with no SEN
  • children who are eligible for free school meals are nearly 4 times more likely to receive a permanent exclusion and around 3 times more likely to receive a fixed-period exclusion than children who are not eligible for free school meals

Andrew Clarke - Schools Statistical Team
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Published 25 July 2012

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