More than 55,000 children have been moved out of school - and in a small number of schools with very high rates, the equivalent of an entire classroom of pupils have left in this way over five years, between 2012 and 2017.
The research, carried out by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think-tank, found that pupils with certain characteristics are disproportionately represented: one in three pupils were in the social care system, one in seven were disadvantaged, and one in eight were black.
The report, Unexplained pupil exits from schools: A growing problem?: A growing problem?, which looked at pupils who moved schools for reasons other than a formal exclusion or a decision made by parents, found that almost a quarter of the moves have taken place in 330 secondary schools.
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