The latest data set available from the Department for Education relates to the 2023/24 school year.

Permanent exclusions generally occur when a pupil is guilty of an extreme incident of poor or dangerous behaviour or as a result of persistent bad and disruptive behaviour in which warnings have not been heeded.

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Pupils will generally be given a significant number of chances, with interventions put in place before a school will resort to a permanent exclusion.

While suspension data relating to the 2024/25 school year has been released by the Department for Education, this cannot currently be broken down by individual schools.

Below we’ve ranked each Peterborough secondary school in terms of the number of permanent exclusions during the 2023/24 school year.

The list only includes state-funded secondary schools and special schools have not been included.

1. Every Peterborough secondary school ranked by the number of permanent student exclusions

Below we’ve ranked each Peterborough secondary school in terms of the number of permanent exclusions during the 2023/24 school year Photo: Peter Macdiarmid

2. Queen Katharine Academy

The school issued 13 permanent exclusions in the 2023/24 school year Photo: Google

3. City of Peterborough Academy

The school issued 9 permanent exclusions in the 2023/24 school year Photo: Google

4. Jack Hunt School

The school issued 7 permanent exclusions in the 2023/24 school year Photo: Google