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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Suspended secondary pupils in England ‘twice as likely to be out of work by 24’

Secondary school pupils moving by a window in a school
The Education Policy Institute study tracked 576,000 students who started year 7 in 2006. Photograph: Peter Lopeman/Alamy

Young people who were suspended at least once while at secondary school in England are twice as likely to be out of education, employment or training by the age of 24 as their peers, according to research.

They are also less likely to achieve level three qualifications such as A-levels and to go on to higher education than classmates who were not suspended, analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) thinktank shows.

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