Barnsley and Middlesbrough see pupil exclusion rises of 300%

In October 2016 Laurence Cawley and Daniel Wainwright reported that the number of pupils expelled from schools in some parts of England had risen by more than 300% in three years.

The story was based on the latest government figures, covering the period 2014-15

Get the data

• Department for Education: Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2014 to 2015

Quotes and interviews

• Spokesman, Middlesbrough Borough Council
• Tony Draper, former president of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and current head at Water Hall Primary School in Northamptonshire
• Alison Ryan, senior policy adviser, Association of Teachers and Lecturers
• Zoe Salt, mother of a 10-year-old boy with autism, who has been excluded nine times
• Statement, Department for Education

Visualisation

• Bar chart: Areas with the highest rates of pupils excluded from school, 2014-15
• Interactive map: How many pupils were excluded from your local schools?