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Fewer exclusions.

Better alternative provision.

Fewer exclusions. Better alternative provision.

There were 10,000 pupils permanently excluded from school last year. 90 per cent of excluded pupils do not achieve a pass in GCSE Maths or English.

The IntegratED partnership is working to reduce preventable exclusions and improve education for children excluded from school.

Trialling what works

IntegratED partners are piloting programmes to develop specialist teachers, identify children at risk of exclusion, engage parents, build learner agency, improve literacy, boost pupil aspirations and much more.

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Lobbying for change

We lobby for policy changes to support stakeholder-led system improvement. This includes early intervention to prevent exclusions, specialist mental health support, fair funding, the Timpson review recommendations and more.

What needs to change?

Connecting people

Join our network of practitioners, researchers and campaigners working to reduce preventable exclusions and improve the quality of alternative provision. Whatever your area of interest, you’ll find others keen to share their research and ideas.

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An analysis of the exclusions and alternative provision data for the Summer 2024 term and the 2023/24 academic year.

View the latest school exclusions data

10,885 pupils were permanently excluded from school last year

There were 954,952 suspensions in the last academic year.

Children eligible for Free School Meals are more than 5x more likely to be permanently excluded than their peers.

There were 1,828,748 days of learning were lost to suspensions last year.

“There is more we can do to ensure that every exclusion is lawful, reasonable and fair; and that permanent exclusion is always a last resort, used only where nothing else will do.”

Edward Timpson, MP

Former Minister for Children and Families

What is the government doing about this?

The Timpson review of school exclusion was commissioned by the government in 2018, to explore how headteachers use exclusion in practice, and why some groups of pupils are more likely to be excluded than others.

The report made 30 recommendations, and the government accepted them all in principle. Here’s where you can track which ones have been implemented.

Timpson tracker

90 per cent of excluded pupils do not achieve a pass in GCSE Maths or English.

just 1 per cent of excluded young people go on to achieve five good GCSEs including English and Maths

Pupils suspended at least once during secondary school are 2.0 times as likely to not be in sustained education, employment or training at age 24

Receiving a permanent exclusion increases the probability of custody age 15-17 by 33 percentage points

Explore our map of alternative provision schools in England, and find the outcomes for excluded children in each local authority.

View the five “cold spots” where excluded children have a poor-to-zero chance of receiving quality education, and the places where data is simply not available.

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