School exclusions can be temporary (for a fixed period) or permanent, and schools resorting to such steps have a duty to arrange for suitable full-time education in the young person’s home local authority (see below).
The permanent exclusion rates across England have varied in recent years, reaching a low of around 0.06 per cent in 2012/13, rising subsequently to 0.10 per cent before falling again to 0.06 per cent in the most recent data (2019/20). In Kensington and Chelsea, the current rate of permanent exclusion is 0.05 per cent and temporary exclusion is 3.5 per cent (3.8 in England), with both rates falling in recent years.
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