In 2009/10, there were an estimated 5,740 permanent exclusions from primary, secondary and all special schools, down from the previous year’s figure of 6,550.
The number of fixed-term suspensions also fell from 363,280 in 2008/09 to 331,380 in 2009/10.
Alison Ryan, policy adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: "Schools could not have achieved this reduction without the help of early intervention services, extended services and access to training and expertise on behaviour and special educational needs.
"ATL is deeply concerned that the cuts to local authority funding will have an impact on the number of services they can provide, and without them schools will face increasing behavioural problems and increasing numbers of exclusions.
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