Accredited official statistics

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

Email schools.statistics@education.gov.uk

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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