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Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: autumn term 2024 to 2025

Levels of suspension and permanent exclusion in the autumn term 2024 to 2025 by school type, and reasons for exclusions and suspensions.

Applies to England

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Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: autumn term 2024 to 2025

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This publication presents statistics on suspensions and permanent exclusions within the autumn term (September to December) 2024 to 2025, across state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools.

The publication includes data on:

  • reasons schools report for excluding and suspending pupils
  • exclusions and suspensions by pupil characteristics

The data has been collected in the school census. Data for earlier years is also included.

Updates to this page

Published 20 November 2025

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