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Fixed period exclusions from secondary schools as a % of the school population (2172) Metric type
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- This is the number of fixed period suspensions at state funded secondary schools expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (including sole or dual main registrations and boarding pupils). A fixed period exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded from a school but remains on the register of that school because they are expected to return when the exclusion period is completed.
The head teacher of a school can exclude a pupil on disciplinary grounds only. Good discipline in schools is essential to ensure that all pupils can benefit from the opportunities provided by education. The decision to exclude a pupil must be lawful, reasonable and fair. In addition, schools have a statutory duty not to discriminate against pupils on the basis of protected characteristics, such as disability or race. Schools and LAs must arrange alternative provision from the sixth day of the exclusion of pupils of compulsory school age.
Fixed period exclusion refers to a pupil who is excluded from a school for a set period of time. A fixed period exclusion can involve a part of the school day and it does not have to be for a continuous period. A pupil may be excluded for one or more fixed periods up to a maximum of 45 school days in a single academic year. This total includes exclusions from previous schools covered by the exclusion legislation.
'State-funded secondary schools' refers to those schools maintained by the local authority, including middle schools deemed as secondary, city technology colleges and academies.
Pupil and exclusion numbers of 1 to 4 or percentages based on these are suppressed to protect pupil confidentiality and numbers at national and regional levels are rounded to the nearest 10. Local authority totals across school types are also rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent disclosure of any suppressed values. Where any number is shown as 0, the original figure was also 0.
As pupils can receive more than one fixed period exclusion, in some cases the rate of exclusion may be above 100%.
- Modified
- 02 Aug 2021
- Data last updated
- 10 Jan 2024
- Also known as
- Total fixed period exclusions from secondary school as a % of the school population
- Short label
- Fixed period exclusions - secondary (% pupils)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 2
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Per cent
- Dataset
- Fixed period exclusions from schools
- Source
- Department for Education
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