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Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Levels of permanent and fixed-period exclusions by school type, including information on reasons for exclusions and exclusion review panels.

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR35/2017

National tables: SFR35/2017

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Local authority tables: SFR35/2017

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Permanent exclusion map: SFR35/2017

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Fixed period exclusion map: SFR35/2017

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Underlying data: SFR35/2017

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Details

Permanent and fixed-period exclusions within the 2015 to 2016 academic year in:

  • state-funded primary schools
  • state-funded secondary schools
  • special schools

It includes information on:

  • reasons schools report for excluding pupils
  • exclusions for different pupil groups
  • independent exclusion review panels
  • school level exclusions
  • exclusions from pupil referral units

The release is based on exclusion data collected via the school census.

A time series of exclusion breakdowns are available in the release’s ‘Underlying data: SFR35/2017’ file.

School census statistics team

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Telephone: Mark Pearson 0370 000 2288

Updates to this page

Published 20 July 2017
Last updated 18 September 2017 + show all updates
  1. Updated underlying data with historical information about exclusions by pupil characteristic and exclusion review panels.

  2. First published.

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