The total number of permanent exclusions rose slightly, with the number in all state-funded primary, secondary and special schools going up from 7,700 in 2016/17 to 7,900 in 2017/18.
But the rate remained stable at around 10 pupils for every 10,000.
Secondary schools had a higher rate (0.2 per cent) than primary schools (0.03 per cent), while the rate of permanent exclusions in special schools was 0.07 per cent or seven pupils per 10,000.
Fixed-period exclusions also increased in total number of pupils, from 381,900 in 2016/17 to 410,800 in 2017/18.
But unlike permanent exclusions, these figures also reflected a slight increase in the percentage rate of pupils excluded, from 4.76 per cent in 2016/17 to 5.08 per cent in 2017/18.
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