According to Department for Education figures for 2015/16 eight areas from just two regions, the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber, are among the top 10 council localities with the highest exclusion rates in England.
Ofsted said that while it accepts that schools have a right to exclude pupils when their behaviour is violent, is threatening towards teachers or is affecting other pupils' learning, it is concerned that schools may be removing challenging pupils to boost their performance.
Ofsted's regional director for the North East, and Yorkshire and the Humber, Cathy Kirby, will this week write to all 114 secondary school head teachers across the eight areas raising concerns.
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