2023/24
			Headcount	Suspensions	Suspension (rate)	Permanent exclusions	Permanent exclusions (rate)	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspension	Pupil enrolments with one or more suspension (rate)
Total		Total	62,396	9,328	14.95	68	0.11	2,977	4.77
		State-funded primary	35,536	929	2.61	7	0.02	419	1.18
		State-funded secondary	25,524	8,048	31.53	59	0.23	2,413	9.45
		State-funded special	1,336	351	26.27	2	0.15	145	10.85
Sex	Sex female	Total	30,408	3,545	11.66	29	0.10	1,059	3.48
		State-funded primary	17,346	144	0.83	1	0.01	71	0.41
		State-funded secondary	12,747	3,359	26.35	28	0.22	974	7.64
		State-funded special	315	42	13.33	0	0.00	14	4.44
	Sex male	Total	31,988	5,783	18.08	39	0.12	1,918	6.00
		State-funded primary	18,190	785	4.32	6	0.03	348	1.91
		State-funded secondary	12,777	4,689	36.70	31	0.24	1,439	11.26
		State-funded special	1,021	309	30.26	2	0.20	131	12.83
FSM	FSM - Eligible	Total	18,253	6,534	35.80	47	0.26	1,953	10.70
		State-funded primary	9,778	652	6.67	3	0.03	294	3.01
		State-funded secondary	7,693	5,601	72.81	43	0.56	1,548	20.12
		State-funded special	782	281	35.93	1	0.13	111	14.19
	FSM - Not eligible	Total	44,143	2,794	6.33	21	0.05	1,024	2.32
		State-funded primary	25,758	277	1.08	4	0.02	125	0.49
		State-funded secondary	17,831	2,447	13.72	16	0.09	865	4.85
		State-funded special	554	70	12.64	1	0.18	34	6.14
SEN provision	SEN support	Total	9,688	3,582	36.97	31	0.32	1,039	10.72
		State-funded primary	5,391	589	10.93	5	0.09	259	4.80
		State-funded secondary	4,294	2,993	69.70	26	0.61	780	18.16
		State-funded special	3	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	EHC plan	Total	3,079	1,176	38.19	9	0.29	387	12.57
		State-funded primary	904	178	19.69	1	0.11	78	8.63
		State-funded secondary	842	647	76.84	6	0.71	164	19.48
		State-funded special	1,333	351	26.33	2	0.15	145	10.88
	No identified SEN	Total	49,629	4,570	9.21	28	0.06	1,551	3.13
		State-funded primary	29,241	162	0.55	1	0.00	82	0.28
		State-funded secondary	20,388	4,408	21.62	27	0.13	1,469	7.21
Year group	Year 1 and below	Total	11,331	201	1.77	4	0.04	75	0.66
		State-funded primary	10,967	195	1.78	4	0.04	72	0.66
		State-funded secondary	289	6	2.08	0	0.00	3	1.04
		State-funded special	75	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Year 2	Total	5,095	104	2.04	0	0.00	57	1.12
		State-funded primary	4,942	101	2.04	0	0.00	54	1.09
		State-funded secondary	98	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded special	55	3	5.45	0	0.00	3	5.45
	Year 3	Total	5,104	110	2.16	0	0.00	47	0.92
		State-funded primary	4,929	97	1.97	0	0.00	40	0.81
		State-funded secondary	104	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded special	71	13	18.31	0	0.00	7	9.86
	Year 4	Total	5,081	169	3.33	1	0.02	70	1.38
		State-funded primary	4,875	154	3.16	1	0.02	62	1.27
		State-funded secondary	117	5	4.27	0	0.00	2	1.71
		State-funded special	89	10	11.24	0	0.00	6	6.74
	Year 5	Total	5,006	208	4.16	1	0.02	91	1.82
		State-funded primary	4,791	167	3.49	1	0.02	77	1.61
		State-funded secondary	114	19	16.67	0	0.00	5	4.39
		State-funded special	101	22	21.78	0	0.00	9	8.91
	Year 6	Total	5,254	266	5.06	2	0.04	134	2.55
		State-funded primary	5,032	213	4.23	1	0.02	112	2.23
		State-funded secondary	107	9	8.41	0	0.00	6	5.61
		State-funded special	115	44	38.26	1	0.87	16	13.91
	Year 7	Total	4,701	1,584	33.69	11	0.23	405	8.62
		State-funded secondary	4,561	1,528	33.50	11	0.24	385	8.44
		State-funded special	140	56	40.00	0	0.00	20	14.29
	Year 8	Total	4,613	1,794	38.89	9	0.20	540	11.71
		State-funded secondary	4,453	1,739	39.05	9	0.20	518	11.63
		State-funded special	160	55	34.38	0	0.00	22	13.75
	Year 9	Total	4,564	2,190	47.98	17	0.37	595	13.04
		State-funded secondary	4,414	2,133	48.32	16	0.36	570	12.91
		State-funded special	150	57	38.00	1	0.67	25	16.67
	Year 10	Total	4,282	1,700	39.70	12	0.28	513	11.98
		State-funded secondary	4,163	1,656	39.78	12	0.29	497	11.94
		State-funded special	119	44	36.97	0	0.00	16	13.45
	Year 11	Total	4,317	942	21.82	11	0.25	402	9.31
		State-funded secondary	4,192	906	21.61	11	0.26	388	9.26
		State-funded special	125	36	28.80	0	0.00	14	11.20
	Year 12 and above	Total	3,048	18	0.59	0	0.00	13	0.43
		State-funded secondary	2,912	7	0.24	0	0.00	6	0.21
		State-funded special	136	11	8.09	0	0.00	7	5.15
Ethnicity Minor	African	Total	4,819	522	10.83	4	0.08	274	5.69
		State-funded primary	2,713	75	2.76	1	0.04	41	1.51
		State-funded secondary	1,977	446	22.56	3	0.15	232	11.73
		State-funded special	129	1	0.78	0	0.00	1	0.78
	Any other Asian background	Total	1,400	78	5.57	1	0.07	29	2.07
		State-funded primary	849	5	0.59	0	0.00	2	0.24
		State-funded secondary	526	73	13.88	1	0.19	27	5.13
		State-funded special	25	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Any other Black / African / Caribbean background	Total	1,020	159	15.59	0	0.00	79	7.75
		State-funded primary	567	10	1.76	0	0.00	7	1.23
		State-funded secondary	422	148	35.07	0	0.00	71	16.82
		State-funded special	31	1	3.23	0	0.00	1	3.23
	Any other Mixed / Multiple ethnic background	Total	2,001	323	16.14	3	0.15	113	5.65
		State-funded primary	1,179	53	4.50	1	0.08	23	1.95
		State-funded secondary	784	256	32.65	2	0.26	84	10.71
		State-funded special	38	14	36.84	0	0.00	6	15.79
	Any other White background	Total	4,945	290	5.86	0	0.00	145	2.93
		State-funded primary	2,942	42	1.43	0	0.00	20	0.68
		State-funded secondary	1,936	236	12.19	0	0.00	119	6.15
		State-funded special	67	12	17.91	0	0.00	6	8.96
	Bangladeshi	Total	508	37	7.28	0	0.00	15	2.95
		State-funded primary	286	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded secondary	206	36	17.48	0	0.00	14	6.80
		State-funded special	16	1	6.25	0	0.00	1	6.25
	Caribbean	Total	825	228	27.64	4	0.48	96	11.64
		State-funded primary	429	32	7.46	0	0.00	16	3.73
		State-funded secondary	366	179	48.91	3	0.82	74	20.22
		State-funded special	30	17	56.67	1	3.33	6	20.00
	Chinese	Total	519	6	1.16	0	0.00	5	0.96
		State-funded primary	282	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded secondary	230	6	2.61	0	0.00	5	2.17
		State-funded special	7	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British	Total	35,838	6,275	17.51	44	0.12	1,667	4.65
		State-funded primary	20,522	590	2.87	5	0.02	245	1.19
		State-funded secondary	14,499	5,417	37.36	39	0.27	1,317	9.08
		State-funded special	817	268	32.80	0	0.00	105	12.85
	Gypsy / Roma	Total	122	23	18.85	0	0.00	13	10.66
		State-funded primary	75	5	6.67	0	0.00	4	5.33
		State-funded secondary	46	18	39.13	0	0.00	9	19.57
		State-funded special	1	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Indian	Total	1,640	27	1.65	0	0.00	14	0.85
		State-funded primary	848	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded secondary	780	27	3.46	0	0.00	14	1.79
		State-funded special	12	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
	Irish	Total	159	18	11.32	0	0.00	6	3.77
		State-funded primary	89	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
		State-funded secondary	67	17	25.37	0	0.00	5	7.46
		State-funded special	3	1	33.33	0	0.00	1	33.33
	Pakistani	Total	1,953	132	6.76	2	0.10	75	3.84
		State-funded primary	1,090	8	0.73	0	0.00	6	0.55
		State-funded secondary	828	118	14.25	2	0.24	67	8.09
		State-funded special	35	6	17.14	0	0.00	2	5.71
	Traveller of Irish heritage	Total	60	11	18.33	0	0.00	6	10.00
		State-funded primary	42	8	19.05	0	0.00	4	9.52
		State-funded secondary	18	3	16.67	0	0.00	2	11.11
	White and Asian	Total	1,318	112	8.50	1	0.08	46	3.49
		State-funded primary	786	15	1.91	0	0.00	3	0.38
		State-funded secondary	521	95	18.23	1	0.19	41	7.87
		State-funded special	11	2	18.18	0	0.00	2	18.18
	White and Black African	Total	850	99	11.65	1	0.12	36	4.24
		State-funded primary	489	8	1.64	0	0.00	5	1.02
		State-funded secondary	343	89	25.95	1	0.29	30	8.75
		State-funded special	18	2	11.11	0	0.00	1	5.56
	White and Black Caribbean	Total	1,932	515	26.66	5	0.26	195	10.09
State-funded primary		1,094	60	5.48	0	0.00	32	2.93
State-funded secondary		770	432	56.10	4	0.52	152	19.74
State-funded special		68	23	33.82	1	1.47	11	16.18