The survey of more than 1,000 teaching professionals from primary and secondary schools, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Ofsted, found that 16 per cent said off-rolling - the practice of removing a pupil from the school roll without a formal, permanent exclusion or by encouraging a parent to remove their child voluntarily - happens "a lot", while 48 per cent said it happens "a fair amount".
The results also show that use of the off-rolling is on the rise; 40 per cent of respondents said they believed it is happening now more than it did five years ago, and a further 26 per cent said it happens a lot more.
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