0 a practice in which a school removes students from its roll (= official list of students), especially difficult or under-achieving students, in order to make the school seem more successful:
A quarter of teachers have seen off-rolling happening in their schools.
The government has made it clear that it considers off-rolling unacceptable.
Off-rolling has recieved a lot of interest in the press recently.
Children who have a low education level or do not speak English as their first language are more likely to be at risk of off-rolling.
Off-rolling is hugely damaging to our most vulnerable young people.
