Suspensions per 100 pupils in England's schools

Across England's state schools, suspensions per 100 pupils averaged 7.0 in 2024/25 (20,457 schools). Since 2007 it has risen by 4.3, which is the wrong direction. Official definition: suspension rate.

The trend

Trend

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2007 to 2025

All state schoolsPrimarySecondary

Since 2007: +4.3

Year by year

Year	All	Primary	Secondary	Schools
2024/25	7.0	2.7	23.2	20,457
2023/24	7.0	2.4	24.3	19,777
2022/23	5.8	1.9	20.4	19,268
2021/22	4.4	1.5	15.0	19,012
2020/21	2.9	1.0	9.3	18,529
2019/20	2.8	1.0	8.1	18,094
2018/19	4.0	1.4	11.4	17,325
2017/18	3.9	1.4	10.9	16,304
2016/17	3.6	1.3	9.7	15,054
2015/16	3.3	1.1	8.4	14,216
2014/15	3.1	1.0	7.4	13,506
2013/14	2.7	0.9	6.5	12,666
2012/13	2.6	0.8	6.5	11,659
2011/12	2.6	0.8	7.7	10,595
2010/11	2.7	0.8	8.0	10,403
2009/10	2.4	0.8	10.2	9,445
2008/09	2.5	0.8	10.4	9,363
2007/08	2.6	0.9	10.9	9,278
2006/07	2.7	0.9	12.2	9,175

By region

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

4.3

6.3

6.7

6.7

6.8

7.4

Yorkshire and the Humber

7.9

South West

8.5

North East

10.6

Every council

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

#	Council	Suspensions per 100 pupils	Schools	vs England
1	Richmond upon Thames	1.7	59	-5.3
2	Merton	2.0	53	-5.0
3	Wandsworth	2.4	72	-4.6
4	Redbridge	2.5	76	-4.5
5	Kingston upon Thames	2.7	48	-4.3
6	Ealing	2.7	80	-4.3
7	Harrow	2.7	57	-4.3
8	Barking and Dagenham	2.8	60	-4.2
9	Westmorland and Furness	3.2	144	-3.8
10	Barnet	3.3	124	-3.6
11	Cumberland	3.4	165	-3.6
12	Lewisham	3.4	83	-3.6
13	Tower Hamlets	3.5	88	-3.5
14	Havering	3.5	81	-3.5
15	Trafford	3.5	85	-3.4
16	Haringey	3.6	74	-3.4
17	Brent	3.6	79	-3.4
18	Wokingham	3.7	57	-3.3
19	Newham	3.8	91	-3.1
20	Hounslow	4.0	75	-3.0
21	Hammersmith and Fulham	4.0	52	-3.0
22	Herefordshire, County of	4.1	95	-2.9
23	Sandwell	4.2	118	-2.8
24	Luton	4.2	60	-2.8
25	Rutland	4.3	21	-2.7
26	Kensington and Chelsea	4.5	33	-2.5
27	Oldham	4.5	92	-2.5
28	East Riding of Yorkshire	4.5	142	-2.5
29	Wigan	4.5	122	-2.5
30	Slough	4.6	44	-2.4
31	Cheshire East	4.7	145	-2.3
32	Sefton	4.7	95	-2.3
33	Lambeth	4.7	83	-2.2
34	Windsor and Maidenhead	4.8	62	-2.2
35	Buckinghamshire	4.9	224	-2.1
36	Westminster	4.9	46	-2.1
37	Hillingdon	5.0	91	-2.0
38	Staffordshire	5.1	385	-1.9
39	Worcestershire	5.1	227	-1.9
40	Bromley	5.1	98	-1.9
41	Southwark	5.1	92	-1.9
42	West Sussex	5.2	267	-1.8
43	Brighton and Hove	5.2	58	-1.8
44	Sutton	5.3	54	-1.7
45	Hackney	5.3	69	-1.7
46	Derby	5.3	96	-1.7
47	Greenwich	5.3	81	-1.7
48	Croydon	5.4	118	-1.6
49	Leicestershire	5.4	280	-1.6
50	Stockport	5.4	97	-1.6
51	Bedford	5.4	70	-1.6
52	Cheshire West and Chester	5.4	148	-1.6
53	South Tyneside	5.5	57	-1.5
54	Leicester	5.6	107	-1.4
55	Lancashire	5.6	577	-1.4
56	Wolverhampton	5.6	93	-1.4
57	Warrington	5.7	76	-1.3
58	Derbyshire	5.7	390	-1.3
59	Calderdale	5.8	98	-1.2
60	Leeds	5.8	268	-1.1
61	County Durham	5.8	240	-1.1
62	Islington	5.8	55	-1.1
63	Dudley	5.9	98	-1.1
64	Thurrock	5.9	55	-1.1
65	Oxfordshire	6.0	296	-1.0
66	North Yorkshire	6.0	333	-1.0
67	Surrey	6.0	362	-1.0
68	Gateshead	6.0	81	-1.0
69	North Tyneside	6.1	75	-0.9
70	Central Bedfordshire	6.1	122	-0.9
71	Hertfordshire	6.2	496	-0.8
72	Dorset	6.3	152	-0.7
73	Camden	6.3	51	-0.7
74	Isle of Wight	6.3	45	-0.7
75	Wiltshire	6.4	223	-0.6
76	Essex	6.5	535	-0.5
77	Bracknell Forest	6.5	35	-0.5
78	Warwickshire	6.6	230	-0.4
79	Kingston upon Hull, City of	6.6	87	-0.4
80	Cambridgeshire	6.6	259	-0.4
81	Waltham Forest	6.6	71	-0.4
82	Nottinghamshire	6.6	318	-0.4
83	Kent	6.7	574	-0.3
84	Solihull	6.7	77	-0.3
85	Walsall	6.7	90	-0.3
86	West Northamptonshire	6.8	175	-0.2
87	Birmingham	6.8	388	-0.2
88	Southend-on-Sea	6.8	48	-0.2
89	Enfield	6.9	94	-0.1
90	West Berkshire	7.1	73	+0.1
91	Hampshire	7.1	507	+0.1
92	Knowsley	7.1	59	+0.1
93	Manchester	7.3	171	+0.3
94	Kirklees	7.4	161	+0.4
95	Gloucestershire	7.4	292	+0.4
96	South Gloucestershire	7.5	108	+0.5
97	Swindon	7.6	86	+0.6
98	Bexley	7.6	82	+0.6
99	Cornwall	7.9	269	+0.9
100	Blackburn with Darwen	7.9	70	+0.9
101	Shropshire	7.9	128	+0.9
102	North Lincolnshire	8.0	76	+1.0
103	Coventry	8.0	113	+1.0
104	Barnsley	8.1	85	+1.1
105	North Northamptonshire	8.2	136	+1.2
106	Wirral	8.2	110	+1.2
107	Halton	8.2	61	+1.2
108	Telford and Wrekin	8.3	63	+1.3
109	Lincolnshire	8.4	343	+1.4
110	Devon	8.4	356	+1.4
111	Somerset	8.4	250	+1.4
112	Salford	8.5	91	+1.5
113	Rotherham	8.5	115	+1.5
114	Nottingham	8.5	98	+1.5
115	Norfolk	8.6	404	+1.6
116	Medway	8.6	94	+1.6
117	East Sussex	8.7	173	+1.7
118	Milton Keynes	8.8	106	+1.8
119	North Somerset	8.9	77	+1.9
120	Bolton	9.0	119	+2.0
121	York	9.2	60	+2.2
122	Bury	9.3	71	+2.3
123	Plymouth	9.3	92	+2.3
124	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	9.4	98	+2.4
125	Sheffield	9.7	160	+2.7
126	St. Helens	9.7	65	+2.8
127	Bath and North East Somerset	9.8	78	+2.8
128	Tameside	10.0	82	+3.0
129	Liverpool	10.6	154	+3.6
130	Rochdale	10.6	73	+3.6
131	Northumberland	10.6	156	+3.6
132	Bradford	10.6	199	+3.6
133	Suffolk	10.7	296	+3.7
134	Wakefield	10.8	134	+3.8
135	Stoke-on-Trent	11.0	89	+4.0
136	North East Lincolnshire	11.3	59	+4.3
137	Darlington	11.3	39	+4.3
138	Southampton	11.4	72	+4.4
139	Doncaster	11.6	125	+4.6
140	Newcastle upon Tyne	11.6	95	+4.6
141	Peterborough	11.6	79	+4.6
142	Middlesbrough	12.4	53	+5.4
143	Bristol, City of	13.0	133	+6.0
144	Sunderland	13.7	105	+6.7
145	Portsmouth	14.2	61	+7.2
146	Reading	14.3	55	+7.3
147	Stockton-on-Tees	14.9	71	+7.9
148	Redcar and Cleveland	17.4	58	+10.4
149	Torbay	21.7	42	+14.7
150	Blackpool	31.1	42	+24.1
151	Hartlepool	34.5	36	+27.6

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.