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 "title": "Permanent exclusions and suspensions from schools, England",
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  "Permanent exclusions and suspensions from state-funded primary, secondary and special schools in England in each school year, as the DfE counts them from the school census, with its rates: each as a percentage of the pupils on roll (the headcount it gives beside them).",
  "Alternative provision is counted apart and is not in these figures."
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  "latest_period": "2024/25",
  "period_end": "2025-07-31",
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    "2008/09": 0.08791,
    "2009/10": 0.07689,
    "2010/11": 0.06782,
    "2011/12": 0.06846,
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    "2014/15": 0.0743,
    "2015/16": 0.08443,
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    "2017/18": 0.09768,
    "2018/19": 0.09651,
    "2019/20": 0.06126,
    "2020/21": 0.04737,
    "2021/22": 0.07761,
    "2022/23": 0.11121,
    "2023/24": 0.12889,
    "2024/25": 0.11799
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    "2007/08": 5.13441,
    "2008/09": 4.8784,
    "2009/10": 4.438,
    "2010/11": 4.32527,
    "2011/12": 4.03331,
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    "2013/14": 3.50044,
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    "2016/17": 4.75839,
    "2017/18": 5.07557,
    "2018/19": 5.3581,
    "2019/20": 3.76416,
    "2020/21": 4.25086,
    "2021/22": 6.91037,
    "2022/23": 9.33458,
    "2023/24": 11.30744,
    "2024/25": 10.87514
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  "published": "2026-07-09"
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  "period": "2024/25",
  "note": "0.12% of pupils; 913,000 suspensions, 10.88%"
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