Permanent exclusions in England's schools

Across England's state schools, permanent exclusions totalled 9,661 in 2024/25 (20,478 schools). Since 2007 it has risen by 8,177. Official definition: total across schools with data.

The trend

Trend

Permanent exclusions

2007 to 2025

Since 2007: +8,177

Year by year

Year	All	Primary	Secondary	Schools
2024/25	9,661	1,434	8,097	20,478
2023/24	10,390	1,359	8,907	19,840
2022/23	8,729	1,092	7,529	19,301
2021/22	6,006	680	5,248	19,043
2020/21	3,560	347	3,169	18,566
2019/20	4,461	636	3,781	18,105
2018/19	6,557	867	5,630	17,379
2017/18	6,243	905	5,271	16,393
2016/17	5,517	855	4,606	15,152
2015/16	4,542	751	3,724	14,255
2014/15	3,740	555	3,128	13,558
2013/14	2,990	482	2,477	12,718
2012/13	2,543	311	2,196	11,717
2011/12	2,283	310	1,927	10,611
2010/11	2,234	256	1,925	10,406
2009/10	1,483	233	1,200	9,447
2008/09	1,298	222	1,031	9,369
2007/08	1,586	312	1,192	9,278
2006/07	1,484	297	1,119	9,200

By region

Latest year, best (lowest) first. The tick is the England figure.

724

770

909

935

973

Yorkshire and the Humber

1,055

East of England

1,081

West Midlands

1,302

North West

1,912

Every council

151 councils ranked, best (lowest) first. Councils with very few schools swing more from year to year.

#	Council	Permanent exclusions	Schools	vs England
1	Brighton and Hove	1	58	-9,660
2	Rutland	4	21	-9,657
3	Kensington and Chelsea	5	33	-9,656
4	Haringey	6	74	-9,655
5	Islington	6	55	-9,655
6	Westminster	6	46	-9,655
7	Wiltshire	7	223	-9,654
8	Bracknell Forest	7	35	-9,654
9	Merton	7	53	-9,654
10	Milton Keynes	7	106	-9,654
11	Richmond upon Thames	8	59	-9,653
12	Kingston upon Thames	9	48	-9,652
13	Tower Hamlets	9	88	-9,652
14	Enfield	10	94	-9,651
15	Telford and Wrekin	10	63	-9,651
16	Lambeth	11	83	-9,650
17	North Somerset	12	77	-9,649
18	Wandsworth	13	72	-9,648
19	Wokingham	14	57	-9,647
20	Lewisham	15	83	-9,646
21	Leeds	16	269	-9,645
22	Thurrock	16	55	-9,645
23	York	16	60	-9,645
24	Southwark	16	92	-9,645
25	Reading	17	55	-9,644
26	Isle of Wight	18	45	-9,643
27	Hammersmith and Fulham	18	52	-9,643
28	Southampton	18	72	-9,643
29	Portsmouth	19	61	-9,642
30	Bromley	20	98	-9,641
31	Warrington	20	76	-9,641
32	Brent	20	79	-9,641
33	Harrow	22	57	-9,639
34	Redbridge	24	76	-9,637
35	Hillingdon	24	91	-9,637
36	Windsor and Maidenhead	24	62	-9,637
37	Greenwich	26	81	-9,635
38	Herefordshire, County of	26	95	-9,635
39	Leicester	27	107	-9,634
40	Knowsley	27	59	-9,634
41	Oxfordshire	27	296	-9,634
42	Barnet	27	124	-9,634
43	Slough	28	44	-9,633
44	Camden	28	51	-9,633
45	Sutton	28	55	-9,633
46	Bath and North East Somerset	29	78	-9,632
47	Bexley	30	82	-9,631
48	Torbay	30	42	-9,631
49	Southend-on-Sea	31	48	-9,630
50	Sefton	31	96	-9,630
51	South Gloucestershire	33	108	-9,628
52	Shropshire	33	129	-9,628
53	Westmorland and Furness	33	144	-9,628
54	Walsall	34	90	-9,627
55	Barking and Dagenham	35	60	-9,626
56	Havering	35	81	-9,626
57	Oldham	36	92	-9,625
58	Cambridgeshire	37	259	-9,624
59	Cumberland	38	165	-9,623
60	Darlington	39	39	-9,622
61	Waltham Forest	39	71	-9,622
62	Swindon	39	86	-9,622
63	Buckinghamshire	39	224	-9,622
64	Derby	42	96	-9,619
65	Newham	42	91	-9,619
66	Wirral	43	111	-9,618
67	Croydon	43	118	-9,618
68	North East Lincolnshire	43	59	-9,618
69	North Lincolnshire	44	76	-9,617
70	Cheshire East	44	145	-9,617
71	Bristol, City of	44	133	-9,617
72	Hartlepool	44	36	-9,617
73	Halton	45	61	-9,616
74	Ealing	45	80	-9,616
75	Plymouth	46	92	-9,615
76	Bury	46	71	-9,615
77	West Berkshire	46	73	-9,615
78	Bedford	47	70	-9,614
79	Blackburn with Darwen	47	70	-9,614
80	Hounslow	47	75	-9,614
81	Trafford	48	85	-9,613
82	Hackney	50	69	-9,611
83	St. Helens	51	65	-9,610
84	Kent	52	575	-9,609
85	Calderdale	53	98	-9,608
86	Redcar and Cleveland	53	58	-9,608
87	Luton	54	61	-9,607
88	Kingston upon Hull, City of	55	87	-9,606
89	Gateshead	58	81	-9,603
90	Solihull	58	77	-9,603
91	Cheshire West and Chester	58	148	-9,603
92	Rotherham	60	115	-9,601
93	Sandwell	60	119	-9,601
94	Peterborough	62	79	-9,599
95	Stockport	64	97	-9,597
96	West Northamptonshire	64	175	-9,597
97	Tameside	64	82	-9,597
98	East Sussex	64	175	-9,597
99	Dorset	65	152	-9,596
100	Central Bedfordshire	68	122	-9,593
101	Newcastle upon Tyne	68	95	-9,593
102	South Tyneside	69	57	-9,592
103	Doncaster	70	125	-9,591
104	Middlesbrough	71	53	-9,590
105	Kirklees	72	161	-9,589
106	East Riding of Yorkshire	73	142	-9,588
107	Medway	75	94	-9,586
108	Hampshire	77	508	-9,584
109	Coventry	78	113	-9,583
110	Stockton-on-Tees	78	71	-9,583
111	Wakefield	79	134	-9,582
112	North Yorkshire	79	333	-9,582
113	Wolverhampton	80	93	-9,581
114	North Tyneside	80	75	-9,581
115	Stoke-on-Trent	83	89	-9,578
116	Barnsley	87	85	-9,574
117	Blackpool	89	42	-9,572
118	Salford	90	91	-9,571
119	Bolton	91	119	-9,570
120	Somerset	91	250	-9,570
121	Northumberland	92	156	-9,569
122	Leicestershire	94	280	-9,567
123	Wigan	96	122	-9,565
124	Rochdale	99	73	-9,562
125	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	100	98	-9,561
126	Dudley	103	98	-9,558
127	Worcestershire	107	228	-9,554
128	Manchester	107	171	-9,554
129	West Sussex	108	267	-9,553
130	North Northamptonshire	110	138	-9,551
131	Gloucestershire	111	292	-9,550
132	Warwickshire	118	230	-9,543
133	Devon	128	356	-9,533
134	Sunderland	128	105	-9,533
135	Surrey	129	363	-9,532
136	Hertfordshire	132	497	-9,529
137	Nottingham	138	99	-9,523
138	Bradford	139	199	-9,522
139	Nottinghamshire	149	318	-9,512
140	Derbyshire	149	390	-9,512
141	County Durham	155	240	-9,506
142	Sheffield	169	161	-9,492
143	Cornwall	173	269	-9,488
144	Lincolnshire	196	343	-9,465
145	Liverpool	199	154	-9,462
146	Suffolk	200	297	-9,461
147	Essex	208	536	-9,453
148	Staffordshire	222	385	-9,439
149	Norfolk	226	404	-9,435
150	Birmingham	290	389	-9,371
151	Lancashire	446	577	-9,215

How to read this

Each figure is a simple average across open state schools that have the measure published. A school counts once whatever its size, so the figures can differ a little from the Department for Education's national figures, which count pupils. Special schools and alternative provision are left out of results measures. Independent schools are left out throughout. Sources and update calendar.