The figures – from 2016/17 – have been unearthed during an investigation by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Partridge et al, 2020).
The report warns that during the past five years, there has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of pupils permanently excluded from England’s schools.
It adds: “By 2017/18, the last school year for which data is available, there were – on average – 42 pupils expelled each school day.”
It presents qualitative and quantitative evidence – including data obtained by Freedom of Information requests – that pupils are being permanently excluded to artificially boost schools’ standing in league tables.
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