Pupil exclusions

Published 10 October 2017

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Contents

1. Main facts and figures

• in 2015/16, pupils from the Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma ethnic groups had the highest rates of both fixed period and permanent exclusions

• Asian and Chinese pupils had the lowest fixed period exclusion rates

• Black Caribbean pupils were permanently excluded at 3 times the rate of White British pupils

• across the broad ethnic groups, Black and Mixed ethnicity pupils had the highest rates of both fixed period and permanent exclusions

Things you need to know

Some of the statistics quoted here are based on very small numbers of pupils, and are highly variable over time. For example, only 111 Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils went to a special school in January 2016.

The Department for Education (DfE) has excluded, or ‘suppressed’, very small numbers (for example, values of 1 or 2, a percentage based on 1 or 2 pupils who achieved, or 0, 1 or 2 pupils who did not achieve a particular level).

This is because, where the size of the ethnic group population is small enough that an individual’s identity could be revealed, information is suppressed to preserve confidentiality. This is consistent with DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).

What the data measures

This data measures the rate of temporary ('fixed period') and permanent exclusions in schools in England. The figures are broken down by ethnicity and type of school (primary, secondary and special).

Data is presented separately for fixed period (temporary) exclusions and permanent exclusions:

• a permanent exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded and who will not return to the school they're excluded from (unless the exclusion is overturned)
• a fixed period exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded from a school for a set period of time (from part of the school day to 45 school days)

Pupils can be excluded multiple times, as long as all fixed periods of exclusion for a pupil in an academic year don’t add up to more than 45 school days (including exclusions from previous schools).

As pupils can receive more than one fixed period exclusion, in some cases the exclusion rate may be above 100%.

This data records the number of occasions on which a pupil was excluded, not the number of pupils that were excluded, nor how often they were excluded. Individuals may therefore be included in the data more than once. This means that the exclusion rates should be considered with some caution.

Exclusions data relates to all exclusions reported across the full academic year. Exclusion rates are calculated as a percentage of the number of pupils registered as at the January school census.

The ethnic categories used in this data

This data uses categories from the Department for Education’s school census, which is broadly based on the 2001 national Census, with 2 exceptions:

• Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/Roma children have been separated into 2 categories
• Chinese pupils have been assigned a separate category

These changes were made after consultations with local authorities and lobby groups.

The categories in the school census are as follows:

White:

• White British
• White Irish
• Traveller of Irish Heritage
• Gypsy/Roma
• Other White

Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups:

• White and Black Caribbean
• White and Black African
• White and Asian
• Other Mixed background

Asian/Asian British:

• Indian
• Pakistani
• Bangladeshi
• Sri Lankan
• Other Asian background

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British:

• Black African
• Black Caribbean
• Other Black background

Chinese Other ethnic group

Information is provided for both detailed and broad ethnic groups where possible and when the data is available.

However, local authority data is only provided for the 6 broad ethnic groups. Information about the specific ethnic categories is excluded to preserve confidentiality and ensure individuals cannot be identified.

The 6 broad categories are as follows:

• Asian/Asian British
• Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
• Chinese
• Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
• White
• Other

2. Temporary exclusions by ethnicity

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Number and percentage of temporary ('fixed period') exclusions by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Exclusions	%
Asian	13,905	1.91
Bangladeshi	2,390	2.05
Indian	1,760	0.90
Pakistani	8,065	2.75
Asian other	1,695	1.41
Black	22,900	5.89
Black African	11,210	4.42
Black Caribbean	8,595	10.08
Black other	3,090	6.20
Chinese	160	0.56
Mixed	21,665	5.98
Mixed White/Asian	2,730	3.25
Mixed White/Black African	2,590	5.46
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	9,965	9.89
Mixed other	6,380	4.89
White	269,535	5.14
White British	251,875	5.23
White Irish	935	4.43
White Irish Traveller	885	18.03
White Gypsy/Roma	4,505	22.15
White other	11,335	2.93
Other	3,645	3.05
Unknown	4,520	6.61

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Temporary exclusions by ethnicity Summary

This data shows that:

• in 2015/16, Gypsy/Roma pupils and Travellers of Irish Heritage pupils had the highest rates of temporary ('fixed period') exclusions at 22.15% and 18.03% respectively

• Chinese and Indian pupils had the lowest rates of temporary exclusions, at 0.56% and 0.90% respectively

• among the broad ethnic groups, Mixed (5.98%) and Black (5.89%) pupils had the highest rates of temporary exclusions

• for White British pupils the rate of temporary exclusions was 5.23%

3. Permanent exclusions by ethnicity

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions by ethnicity

Ethnicity	Exclusions	%
Asian	315	0.04
Bangladeshi	45	0.04
Indian	30	0.02
Pakistani	195	0.07
Asian other	40	0.03
Black	540	0.14
Black African	230	0.09
Black Caribbean	245	0.29
Black other	65	0.13
Chinese	5	0.01
Mixed	520	0.14
Mixed White/Asian	70	0.08
Mixed White/Black African	55	0.12
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	250	0.25
Mixed other	150	0.11
White	5,055	0.10
White British	4,740	0.10
White Irish	20	0.09
White Irish Traveller	25	0.49
White Gypsy/Roma	65	0.33
White other	205	0.05
Other	90	0.07
Unknown	110	0.16

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Permanent exclusions by ethnicity Summary

This data shows that:

• in 2015/16, Traveller of Irish heritage pupils and Gypsy/Roma pupils had the highest rates of permanent exclusions, at 0.49% and 0.33% respectively

• the lowest rates of permanent exclusions were found among pupils from the Chinese (0.01%), Indian (0.02%) and Any Other Asian (0.03%) ethnic groups

• for White British pupils, the rate for permanent exclusions was 0.10%

4. Temporary exclusions by ethnicity and type of school

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Number and percentage of temporary ('fixed period') exclusions by ethnicity and type of school

	Primary		Secondary		Special
Ethnicity	Primary Exclusions	Primary %	Secondary Exclusions	Secondary %	Special Exclusions	Special %
Asian	1,115	0.29	12,585	3.83	205	2.17
Bangladeshi	125	0.21	2,240	4.11	25	1.62
Indian	110	0.11	1,615	1.78	35	1.95
Pakistani	695	0.44	7,260	5.60	105	2.32
Asian other	185	0.28	1,470	2.74	40	2.55
Black	3,695	1.78	18,355	10.57	845	12.62
Black African	1,675	1.20	9,320	8.49	215	5.30
Black Caribbean	1,505	3.68	6,590	15.42	500	32.01
Black other	515	1.87	2,445	11.56	130	12.32
Chinese	40	0.26	120	0.93
Mixed	4,115	1.97	16,480	11.12	1,070	20.14
Mixed White/Asian	480	0.98	2,185	6.38	70	7.48
Mixed White/Black African	550	1.91	1,920	10.66	120	18.22
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	1,870	3.36	7,625	17.60	470	27.85
Mixed other	1,215	1.60	4,755	9.02	410	20.21
White	42,955	1.57	215,440	8.88	11,140	14.47
White British	40,455	1.63	200,560	8.89	10,855	14.89
White Irish	105	1.06	780	7.24	50	17.88
White Irish Traveller	205	5.66	635	55.59	45	38.39
White Gypsy/Roma	640	4.88	3,795	55.07	70	22.02
White other	1,550	0.67	9,670	6.33	115	3.50
Other	445	0.67	3,120	6.07	85	5.66
Unknown	380	1.44	4,000	9.90	140	9.37

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Temporary exclusions by ethnicity and type of school Summary

This data shows that:

• in 2015/16, more than half of Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/ Roma pupils received temporary ('fixed period') exclusions at secondary schools – the highest rate for any ethnic group

• Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils had the highest rate of temporary exclusions compared with all other ethnic groups at primary (5.66%), secondary (55.59%) and special schools (38.39%)

• among the broad ethnic groups, Mixed ethnicity pupils had the highest rate of temporary exclusions at primary (1.97%) , secondary (11.12%) and special schools (20.14%)

• within each ethnic group, the temporary exclusion rates were higher in secondary schools than in primary schools

• in special schools, after Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils, Black Caribbean pupils had the next highest rate of temporary exclusions, at 32.01%

5. Permanent exclusions by ethnicity and type of school

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Number and percentage of permanent exclusions by ethnicity and type of school

	Primary		Secondary		Special
Ethnicity	Primary Exclusions	Primary %	Secondary Exclusions	Secondary %	Special Exclusions	Special %
Asian	10	0.00	300	0.09	5	0.04
Bangladeshi			45	0.08	0	0.00
Indian			30	0.03	0	0.00
Pakistani	5	0.00	190	0.15	5	0.07
Asian other	5	0.01	35	0.07
Black	75	0.04	455	0.26	10	0.13
Black African	20	0.02	205	0.19	5	0.07
Black Caribbean	45	0.11	195	0.45	5	0.39
Black other	10	0.04	55	0.25	0	0.00
Chinese					0	0.00
Mixed	105	0.05	405	0.27	10	0.17
Mixed White/Asian	10	0.02	55	0.17	0	0.00
Mixed White/Black African	15	0.06	40	0.21
Mixed White/Black Caribbean	55	0.10	190	0.44	5	0.24
Mixed other	25	0.03	120	0.23	5	0.20
White	880	0.03	4,110	0.17	65	0.09
White British	835	0.03	3,840	0.17	65	0.09
White Irish			15	0.15	0	0.00
White Irish Traveller	5	0.16	15	1.49
White Gypsy/Roma	10	0.08	55	0.83	0	0.00
White other	25	0.01	180	0.12
Other	10	0.02	75	0.15
Unknown	10	0.04	100	0.25

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Permanent exclusions by ethnicity and type of school Summary

This data shows that:

• in 2015/16, all ethnic groups had higher permanent exclusion rates in secondary school than primary school

• the highest rates of permanent exclusion were for Traveller of Irish Heritage pupils, at 0.16% in primary schools and 1.49% in secondary schools – however, these figures are based on very small numbers of pupils so are less reliable than for ethnic groups with larger populations

• Black Caribbean pupils had the second highest rates of permanent exclusion at primary school (0.11%), and the highest rate of permanent exclusions at special school (0.39%)

• for Black Caribbean pupils the rate of permanent exclusions from secondary school was 0.45%, while for Mixed White and Black Caribbean pupils it was 0.44% – the highest rates for this category after Traveller of Irish Heritage and Gypsy/ Roma pupils

6. Temporary exclusions by ethnicity and local authority

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of temporary ('fixed period') exclusions by ethnicity and local authority

Local authority	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White	Other
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Barking and Dagenham	0.80	2.37	0.00	2.33	2.91	1.68
Barnet	1.23	6.16	0.78	4.11	2.97	2.44
Barnsley		10.47	0.00	10.33	20.69	8.16
Bath and North East Somerset	1.36	22.54	0.00	15.14	5.59	5.36
Bedford	1.88	4.76		6.12	3.60	2.13
Bexley	0.74	3.68		6.96	5.83	2.95
Birmingham	2.69	6.84	0.84	7.32	4.93	2.52
Blackburn with Darwen	0.69	2.79	0.00	2.67	2.97
Blackpool		8.33	0.00	8.99	7.40
Bolton	1.33	3.42	2.88	6.72	6.37	3.49
Bournemouth	0.65	8.65	0.00	5.42	6.92	5.58
Bracknell Forest	0.83	3.86		4.80	3.59
Bradford	2.66	5.73	0.00	5.58	3.66	1.36
Brent	1.02	9.96		5.73	3.02	4.43
Brighton and Hove	2.40	3.29	0.00	6.54	5.69	3.33
Bristol City of	2.64	9.07		10.48	8.72	3.67
Bromley	0.21	3.20		2.09	1.74	2.15
Buckinghamshire	3.22	7.74	0.00	6.21	3.27	4.52
Bury	1.52	4.62	0.00	8.16	4.55	1.56
Calderdale	1.81	2.68	0.00	5.27	5.08
Cambridgeshire	1.34	4.53		3.95	3.92	1.55
Camden	3.01	8.10	0.00	6.95	5.38	3.77
Central Bedfordshire	3.83	3.71	0.00	7.41	4.12	2.52
Cheshire East	1.36	6.80	0.00	5.54	4.34
Cheshire West and Chester	0.88	3.73		4.50	4.09
City of London	0.00	0.00		29.17	0.00	0.00
Cornwall	0.00	6.45		3.81	3.59	2.38
Coventry	1.03	3.31	0.00	7.07	5.89	1.54
Croydon	1.01	6.03	0.00	4.57	2.77	2.78
Cumbria		2.94		3.19	5.50
Darlington	0.86	0.00	0.00	4.76	5.01
Derby	2.68	6.32		9.20	6.38	3.25
Derbyshire	2.35	5.43	0.00	4.64	4.40	4.93
Devon	0.60	4.79	0.00	5.40	3.98	1.29
Doncaster	3.11	6.83		11.74	15.96	4.31
Dorset			0.00	4.50	4.30	9.09
Dudley	2.39	7.29	0.00	10.07	5.44	3.65
Durham	1.39		0.00	2.51	5.10
Ealing	1.27	6.44	0.00	6.88	2.97	2.35
East Riding of Yorkshire		8.16	0.00	1.50	3.59	0.00
East Sussex	1.21	6.68	0.00	5.28	6.53	2.68
Enfield	1.28	8.64	0.00	6.97	4.32	3.58
Essex	0.92	3.54	0.96	4.00	3.88	1.03
Gateshead	2.06		0.00	0.80	2.83	3.52
Gloucestershire	1.49	10.05	1.48	8.83	4.73	4.78
Greenwich	1.46	5.28		7.62	6.42	2.03
Hackney	2.21	11.16		9.42	4.52	3.95
Halton	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.57	4.69	0.00
Hammersmith and Fulham	1.73	5.27	0.00	5.62	3.36	2.38
Hampshire	1.12	3.85		5.11	4.23	2.91
Haringey	1.64	7.39		5.86	3.05	3.78
Harrow	0.86	5.67	0.00	3.95	2.42	3.60
Hartlepool	1.43	14.00	0.00	2.86	6.71	0.00
Havering	0.42	4.86		4.84	3.06	4.89
Herefordshire	0.00		0.00	0.81	3.93	0.00
Hertfordshire	1.47	4.26	0.47	5.11	4.26	4.01
Hillingdon	1.09	5.62		3.64	5.56	1.99
Hounslow	1.09	7.84	0.00	7.36	4.98	2.70
Isle of Wight	4.00	0.00	0.00	5.94	5.99
Isles Of Scilly				0.00	0.00
Islington	2.18	7.58		7.07	5.70	2.99
Kensington and Chelsea	2.93	7.47		3.94	2.88	4.27
Kent	1.09	4.40		3.60	5.48	2.98
Kingston upon Hull City of		2.15	0.00	1.18	3.64	1.60
Kingston upon Thames	1.29	6.41	0.00	3.85	2.09	0.35
Kirklees	2.00	7.12	0.00	11.25	7.10	4.80
Knowsley	0.00	4.08	0.00	7.26	6.63	0.00
Lambeth	0.27	4.58	0.00	3.75	0.94	1.62
Lancashire	1.82	4.12		4.43	4.83	1.36
Leeds	3.08	3.31		6.32	7.03	2.32
Leicester	1.33	7.05	0.00	7.88	8.37	2.86
Leicestershire	1.37	2.64		4.92	3.15	1.29
Lewisham	0.87	7.09		4.04	2.96	3.13
Lincolnshire	1.58	2.49		3.89	4.90	1.23
Liverpool	0.86	4.84	0.83	6.16	4.08	5.35
Luton	2.80	5.27	0.00	7.79	5.74	2.75
Manchester	1.99	5.98		9.44	8.94	3.74
Medway	1.09	4.95	2.38	9.59	8.86	4.44
Merton	1.07	5.49		4.94	3.21	1.62
Middlesbrough	4.36	3.36	0.00	13.23	31.39	14.09
Milton Keynes	0.98	3.71		4.16	6.16	1.16
Newcastle upon Tyne	1.10	2.25	0.00	3.01	3.77	1.13
Newham	1.80	5.13		6.32	4.12	3.14
Norfolk	1.43	9.21	1.94	6.39	5.58	2.65
North East Lincolnshire			0.00	9.09	8.05	0.00
North Lincolnshire	2.12	2.52	0.00	5.44	10.85	7.37
North Somerset		9.60		3.98	4.16	0.00
North Tyneside	1.05		0.00	1.40	2.87
North Yorkshire	2.76	1.44	0.00	2.47	4.52	3.14
Northamptonshire	1.30	4.32	0.92	5.98	4.74	1.78
Northumberland	0.78	0.00	0.00	2.88	3.80	0.00
Nottingham	2.06	5.23	0.00	8.91	8.99	11.16
Nottinghamshire	1.42	6.03		5.96	6.34	3.08
Oldham	2.63	2.02		7.54	5.46	1.74
Oxfordshire	1.71	5.19	1.64	5.98	4.03	1.93
Peterborough	2.02	3.67		4.27	4.86	2.90
Plymouth	0.91	2.25		4.60	4.43	1.09
Poole		0.00	0.00	3.95	5.19	4.35
Portsmouth	0.66	1.64	0.00	9.62	8.78
Reading	0.89	4.15	0.00	9.47	5.01
Redbridge	1.78	6.40		5.90	3.27	5.38
Redcar and Cleveland	1.33	0.00	0.00	18.37	14.48	0.00
Richmond upon Thames	0.95	3.73	0.00	4.90	2.68	3.62
Rochdale	2.38	2.90		4.85	5.72	2.03
Rotherham	6.67	4.87	0.00	15.87	11.20	2.06
Rutland		8.00	0.00	3.76	3.16
Salford	1.26	3.04	0.00	3.40	5.39	1.60
Sandwell	2.13	7.12	0.00	7.11	6.65	2.87
Sefton	1.54	4.48		6.18	3.70
Sheffield	4.40	7.44	0.00	12.48	10.98	6.70
Shropshire	2.57	4.82	0.00	5.90	3.59	0.00
Slough	2.29	4.30	0.00	4.61	4.31	1.87
Solihull	2.53	6.93	0.00	8.21	5.34	1.83
Somerset	2.16	6.83	7.89	7.74	5.92	1.63
South Gloucestershire	1.24	9.59		6.59	5.58
South Tyneside	1.13		0.00	1.53	1.91	4.40
Southampton	1.75	3.62	0.00	5.16	5.50	0.83
Southend-on-Sea	2.78	5.59	5.29	7.15	6.49	4.57
Southwark	1.01	5.28		4.99	3.43	1.45
St. Helens	5.20		0.00	8.71	5.29	14.52
Staffordshire	3.22	6.19		5.26	3.85	2.43
Stockport	1.93	4.56		7.30	4.76	2.66
Stockton-on-Tees	1.96	1.06	0.00	3.34	4.00
Stoke-on-Trent	4.13	1.81	0.00	9.86	6.18	3.18
Suffolk	1.30	6.02		5.57	4.65	1.75
Sunderland	0.61	1.33	0.00	3.31	3.37
Surrey	1.44	3.89		3.11	3.57	1.62
Sutton	0.80	4.35		4.69	4.33	3.44
Swindon	0.53	5.20	0.00	7.34	6.35	8.43
Tameside	2.47	11.50	0.00	6.63	6.81	4.48
Telford and Wrekin	6.87	11.67	8.57	14.57	14.88	0.00
Thurrock	1.78	2.14		2.49	3.17	1.31
Torbay	1.57	0.00	0.00	6.49	5.75
Tower Hamlets	2.33	4.41		7.12	6.31	1.93
Trafford	1.33	6.55	0.59	6.51	3.42	2.50
Wakefield	2.30	2.72	0.00	4.70	7.80
Walsall	2.08	5.24	5.79	7.45	6.18	1.41
Waltham Forest	2.37	8.07		6.56	3.39	1.93
Wandsworth	1.06	5.82		5.10	1.77	2.28
Warrington	0.52	8.78	0.00	2.96	4.63	2.17
Warwickshire	0.60	4.34		4.96	3.94	3.48
West Berkshire	1.02	5.37	0.00	7.38	3.55	0.00
West Sussex	1.40	5.30	0.00	3.60	3.43	3.73
Westminster	2.00	9.42	0.00	5.21	2.50	5.13
Wigan	1.98	2.63		3.03	4.21	2.10
Wiltshire	0.73	2.24		4.04	3.82	2.95
Windsor and Maidenhead	2.33	6.49	0.00	3.58	3.13	1.30
Wirral	0.51		0.00	5.80	4.57	4.88
Wokingham	1.36	4.34	0.00	3.56	2.73
Wolverhampton	2.09	6.81		8.73	5.43	8.18
Worcestershire	2.05	6.03	0.00	5.42	3.78
York		4.17		3.14	3.69	2.68

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Temporary exclusions by ethnicity and local authority Summary

This data shows that:

• the highest temporary ('fixed period') exclusion rate for Asian pupils was in Telford and Wrekin (at 6.87%)

• the highest temporary exclusion rate for Black pupils was in Bath and North East Somerset (at 22.54%)

• the highest temporary exclusion rate for Chinese pupils was in Telford and Wrekin (8.57%)

• the highest temporary exclusion rate for pupils from a Mixed ethnic background was in the City of London (29.17%)

• the highest temporary exclusion rate for White pupils was in Middlesbrough (31.39%)

• the highest temporary exclusion rate for pupils from the Other ethnic group was in St. Helens (14.52%)

7. Permanent exclusions by ethnicity and local authority

• Location: England
• Time period: 2015/16
• Source: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016

Percentage of permanent exclusions by ethnicity and local authority

Local authority	Asian	Black	Chinese	Mixed	White	Other
	%	%	%	%	%	%
Barking and Dagenham		0.08	0.00		0.05	0.00
Barnet		0.12	0.00	0.06	0.05	0.08
Barnsley	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00
Bath and North East Somerset	0.00		0.00	0.39	0.06	0.00
Bedford	0.14	0.31	0.00	0.37	0.19	0.00
Bexley	0.00	0.08	0.00		0.11
Birmingham	0.09	0.24		0.28	0.17	0.04
Blackburn with Darwen	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00
Blackpool	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00
Bolton	0.05	0.21	0.00	0.20	0.12
Bournemouth	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16
Bracknell Forest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.00
Bradford	0.01		0.00		0.02	0.00
Brent	0.00	0.32	0.00	0.10	0.07	0.12
Brighton and Hove	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.04	0.00
Bristol City of	0.00	0.12	0.00		0.17	0.00
Bromley	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.14	0.08
Buckinghamshire	0.14	0.42	0.00	0.40	0.12	0.00
Bury			0.00	0.54	0.23
Calderdale		0.00	0.00	0.34	0.10	0.00
Cambridgeshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Camden		0.22	0.00	0.31	0.13
Central Bedfordshire	0.00		0.00	0.16	0.06	0.00
Cheshire East	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.28	0.08	0.00
Cheshire West and Chester	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.06	0.00
City of London	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.00
Cornwall	0.00	0.00			0.11
Coventry	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.14	0.10	0.00
Croydon	0.04	0.08	0.00	0.07	0.02	0.00
Cumbria	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00
Darlington	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Derby	0.08		0.00	0.29	0.12	0.00
Derbyshire	0.00		0.00	0.26	0.10	0.00
Devon	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.23	0.10
Doncaster	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00
Dorset	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.03	0.00
Dudley		0.60	0.00	0.41	0.20
Durham	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00
Ealing	0.03	0.28	0.00	0.37	0.12	0.20
East Riding of Yorkshire	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
East Sussex		0.00	0.00	0.20	0.15	0.00
Enfield		0.22	0.00	0.08	0.09
Essex			0.00	0.04	0.04	0.00
Gateshead		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.27
Gloucestershire			0.00	0.30	0.17
Greenwich	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.12	0.03
Hackney	0.08	0.14	0.00	0.18
Halton	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.00
Hammersmith and Fulham			0.00	0.20	0.12
Hampshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.03
Haringey	0.00	0.08		0.17	0.06
Harrow	0.02	0.14	0.00	0.24	0.12
Hartlepool	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00
Havering	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.39	0.06	0.00
Herefordshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00
Hertfordshire		0.08	0.00	0.06	0.04
Hillingdon	0.03	0.13	0.00	0.10	0.13
Hounslow	0.03	0.18	0.00	0.13	0.13
Isle of Wight	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
Isles Of Scilly				0.00	0.00
Islington		0.19	0.00		0.16
Kensington and Chelsea	0.00	0.26	0.00			0.16
Kent	0.04	0.06	0.00		0.03	0.00
Kingston upon Hull City of	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.00
Kingston upon Thames			0.00	0.00		0.00
Kirklees	0.04		0.00	0.23	0.08	0.00
Knowsley	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.02	0.00
Lambeth	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.15	0.04
Lancashire	0.10		0.00	0.19	0.21
Leeds	0.00	0.05	0.00		0.03
Leicester			0.00		0.06
Leicestershire	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.02	0.00
Lewisham		0.32	0.00	0.23	0.12
Lincolnshire		0.00	0.00	0.13	0.16	0.00
Liverpool	0.00	0.29	0.00	0.20	0.17	0.25
Luton	0.06	0.13	0.00	0.14	0.08	0.00
Manchester	0.02	0.10	0.00	0.20	0.16	0.07
Medway			0.00	0.18	0.23	0.00
Merton	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.13	0.10	0.00
Middlesbrough	0.14	0.00	0.00		0.20	0.00
Milton Keynes		0.06	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00
Newcastle upon Tyne	0.00		0.00		0.06	0.00
Newham	0.04	0.08	0.00		0.07
Norfolk	0.00	0.35	0.00	0.26	0.25
North East Lincolnshire	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.29	0.00
North Lincolnshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00
North Somerset	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.14	0.00
North Tyneside	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07
North Yorkshire		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00
Northamptonshire			0.00		0.10	0.00
Northumberland	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.09	0.00
Nottingham	0.06	0.10	0.00	0.28	0.29	0.43
Nottinghamshire	0.00		0.00	0.07	0.03	0.00
Oldham	0.17		0.00	0.33	0.22	0.00
Oxfordshire	0.06	0.15	0.00	0.08	0.05	0.00
Peterborough	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.08	0.00
Plymouth	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
Poole	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00
Portsmouth		0.00	0.00		0.06	0.00
Reading			0.00	0.16	0.17	0.00
Redbridge	0.04	0.20	0.00	0.16	0.09	0.00
Redcar and Cleveland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.00
Richmond upon Thames		0.00	0.00		0.05
Rochdale	0.11		0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00
Rotherham	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.13	0.00
Rutland	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00
Salford	0.00		0.00	0.32	0.23
Sandwell	0.05	0.23	0.00	0.24	0.20	0.00
Sefton	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.08	0.00
Sheffield	0.14		0.00	0.26	0.17
Shropshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.39	0.10	0.00
Slough		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00
Solihull	0.00		0.00	0.55	0.21	0.00
Somerset		0.00	0.00	0.28	0.10
South Gloucestershire	0.00		0.00	0.31	0.14	0.00
South Tyneside		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12
Southampton	0.00		0.00		0.10	0.00
Southend-on-Sea	0.00		0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00
Southwark		0.08	0.00		0.06	0.00
St. Helens	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.00
Staffordshire	0.13	0.45	0.00	0.19	0.14	0.00
Stockport	0.13		0.00		0.11	0.00
Stockton-on-Tees		0.00	0.00		0.06	0.00
Stoke-on-Trent	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.14	0.00
Suffolk			0.00	0.09	0.08	0.00
Sunderland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00
Surrey	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.05	0.00
Sutton	0.00		0.00	0.10	0.09	0.00
Swindon		0.00	0.00	0.21	0.08
Tameside	0.09		0.00	0.41	0.28	0.00
Telford and Wrekin		0.00	0.00		0.05	0.00
Thurrock		0.00	0.00		0.13	0.00
Torbay	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.15	0.00
Tower Hamlets		0.10	0.00
Trafford		0.34	0.00	0.37	0.13	0.00
Wakefield	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.15	0.00
Walsall	0.05		0.00	0.17	0.24	0.00
Waltham Forest	0.04	0.08	0.00	0.08
Wandsworth	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.18	0.05	0.00
Warrington	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.03	0.00
Warwickshire			0.00	0.10	0.08	0.00
West Berkshire	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00
West Sussex			0.00	0.17	0.08	0.00
Westminster	0.00	0.18	0.00
Wigan	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Wiltshire	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.01	0.00
Windsor and Maidenhead			0.00		0.09	0.00
Wirral	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.28	0.13	0.00
Wokingham	0.11		0.00		0.15	0.00
Wolverhampton	0.08	0.44	0.00	0.16	0.15
Worcestershire	0.00		0.00	0.18	0.11
York	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.00

Data withheld to protect confidentiality

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Summary of Pupil exclusions Permanent exclusions by ethnicity and local authority Summary

This data shows that:

• in 2015/16, the highest permanent exclusion rate for Asian pupils was in Oldham (at 0.17%)

• the highest permanent exclusion rate for Black pupils was in Dudley (at 0.60%)

• for Chinese pupils, where data is available the permanent exclusion rate is 0.00% in every local authority – data is not provided for the some local authorities to preserve confidentiality where numbers are very small (fewer than 5 pupils)

• the highest permanent exclusion rate for pupils from a Mixed ethnic background was 0.55%, in Solihull

• the highest permanent exclusion rate for White pupils was 0.29%, which was the rate in North East Lincolnshire and Nottingham

• the highest permanent exclusion rate for pupils from the Other ethnic group was 0.43%, which was the rate in Nottingham

8. Methodology

Exclusions are reported by schools and collected through the school census every term.

Rates are calculated using the number of registered pupils as of the spring census (taken in January).

Schools use the agreed codes to record and monitor attendance and absence in a consistent way. You can see these codes in Annex C of the Department for Education’s Guide to exclusion statistics (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).

Both the number and rate of exclusions are included in published exclusions statistics. Rates of exclusion are a more appropriate measure for comparisons over time as they take into account changes in the total number of pupils across different academic years.

Suppression rules and disclosure control

Enrolment numbers at national and regional levels are rounded to the nearest 5.

Local authority totals across school types are also rounded to the nearest 5 to prevent any suppressed values being disclosed.

Enrolment numbers of less than 3 and rates based on fewer than 3 pupil enrolments have been suppressed. This is because, where the size of the ethnic group population is small enough that an individual’s identity could be revealed, information is suppressed to preserve confidentiality. The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires DfE to take reasonable steps to ensure that their published or disseminated statistics protect confidentiality.

For more information about DfE’s disclosure control procedures for its statistical releases please see DfE’s statistical policy statement on confidentiality (PDF opens in a new window or tab) (PDF).

Rounding

Enrolment numbers at national and regional levels are rounded to the nearest 5.

Local authority totals across school types are also rounded to the nearest 5 to prevent disclosure of any suppressed values.

Related publications

Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2016

Exclusion statistics guide

Quality and methodology information

9. Data sources

Source

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

Type of data

Administrative data

Type of statistic

National Statistics

Publisher

Department for Education

Publication frequency

Yearly

Purpose of data source

The data helps schools, local authorities and the government have a greater understanding of the level of absence and the reasons for it.

10. Download the data

Pupil exclusions - England - Spreadsheet (csv) 30 KB

This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, school type, headcount, number of exclusions and value.

Pupil exclusions - local authority - Spreadsheet (csv) 4 MB

This file contains the following: measure, region, local authority, school type, ethnicity, headcount, number of exclusions and value.

Publication release date: 10 October 2017

Updated: 1 March 2018

full page history

1. 1 March 2018 minor updates for style
2. 11 October 2017 Technical change: Updated url to match page title.
3. 10 October 2017 Corrections to pupils exclusions by local authority
4. 10 October 2017 First published

From: Department for Education

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