National - Special educational needs (SEN)
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Special educational need and primary type of special educational need by social care group.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England
- Release
- Reporting year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Total number of pupils
- Total number of pupils with SEN
- Total number of pupils with SEN support
- Filters
- Social care group
- Time period
- 2016/17 to 2022/23
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | social_care_group | t_pupils | t_no_identified_SEN | pt_no_identified_SEN | t_all_SEN | pt_all_SEN | t_SEN_support | pt_SEN_support | t_statement_or_EHC_plan | pt_statement_or_EHC_plan | t_ASD_ss | pt_ASD_ss | t_HI_ss | pt_HI_ss | t_MLD_ss | pt_MLD_ss | t_MSI_ss | pt_MSI_ss | t_NSA_ss | pt_NSA_ss | t_OTH_ss | pt_OTH_ss | t_PD_ss | pt_PD_ss | t_PMLD_ss | pt_PMLD_ss | t_SEMH_ss | pt_SEMH_ss | t_SLCN_ss | pt_SLCN_ss | t_SLD_ss | pt_SLD_ss | t_SPLD_ss | pt_SPLD_ss | t_VI_ss | pt_VI_ss | t_ASD_se | pt_ASD_se | t_HI_se | pt_HI_se | t_MLD_se | pt_MLD_se | t_MSI_se | pt_MSI_se | t_NSA_se | pt_NSA_se | t_OTH_se | pt_OTH_se | t_PD_se | pt_PD_se | t_PMLD_se | pt_PMLD_se | t_SEMH_se | pt_SEMH_se | t_SLCN_se | pt_SLCN_se | t_SLD_se | pt_SLD_se | t_SPLD_se | pt_SPLD_se | t_VI_se | pt_VI_se |
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| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All pupils comparison | 8481290 | 7027710 | 82.9 | 1453580 | 17.1 | 1093230 | 12.9 | 360340 | 4.2 | 90780 | 8.3 | 16950 | 1.6 | 189380 | 17.3 | 3230 | 0.3 | 50090 | 4.6 | 43760 | 4.0 | 22480 | 2.1 | 820 | 0.1 | 229720 | 21.0 | 278600 | 25.5 | 2280 | 0.2 | 155240 | 14.2 | 9910 | 0.9 | 115980 | 32.2 | 6240 | 1.7 | 32900 | 9.1 | 1210 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8760 | 2.4 | 14320 | 4.0 | 10120 | 2.8 | 54600 | 15.2 | 66290 | 18.4 | 31320 | 8.7 | 14820 | 4.1 | 3780 | 1.0 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CIN at 31 March | 222950 | 111570 | 50.0 | 111380 | 50.0 | 54000 | 24.2 | 57380 | 25.7 | 2600 | 4.8 | 420 | 0.8 | 8800 | 16.3 | 90 | 0.2 | 2040 | 3.8 | 1650 | 3.1 | 730 | 1.4 | 60 | 0.1 | 22530 | 41.7 | 10200 | 18.9 | 130 | 0.2 | 4430 | 8.2 | 310 | 0.6 | 14960 | 26.1 | 460 | 0.8 | 4100 | 7.2 | 170 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1200 | 2.1 | 2620 | 4.6 | 3840 | 6.7 | 14650 | 25.5 | 5520 | 9.6 | 7980 | 13.9 | 1430 | 2.5 | 460 | 0.8 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CINO at 31 March | 140130 | 70110 | 50.0 | 70020 | 50.0 | 30550 | 21.8 | 39460 | 28.2 | 1890 | 6.2 | 260 | 0.9 | 4970 | 16.3 | 60 | 0.2 | 1230 | 4.0 | 990 | 3.2 | 480 | 1.6 | 50 | 0.2 | 11600 | 38.0 | 6120 | 20.0 | 80 | 0.3 | 2620 | 8.6 | 190 | 0.6 | 12290 | 31.2 | 350 | 0.9 | 2380 | 6.0 | 140 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 820 | 2.1 | 2230 | 5.6 | 3350 | 8.5 | 6370 | 16.1 | 3610 | 9.2 | 6690 | 16.9 | 870 | 2.2 | 360 | 0.9 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CPPO at 31 March | 31000 | 18370 | 59.2 | 12630 | 40.8 | 9100 | 29.4 | 3530 | 11.4 | 330 | 3.6 | 50 | 0.6 | 1640 | 18.0 | 10 | 0.1 | 380 | 4.1 | 270 | 3.0 | 110 | 1.2 | c | c | 3580 | 39.3 | 1960 | 21.5 | 20 | 0.2 | 730 | 8.0 | 40 | 0.5 | 690 | 19.6 | 30 | 0.8 | 300 | 8.4 | 10 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 80 | 2.3 | 90 | 2.5 | 90 | 2.5 | 1300 | 36.8 | 540 | 15.4 | 240 | 6.7 | 140 | 4.1 | 20 | 0.7 |
| 202223 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA at 31 March | 52170 | 23240 | 44.5 | 28930 | 55.5 | 14410 | 27.6 | 14520 | 27.8 | 380 | 2.6 | 100 | 0.7 | 2210 | 15.3 | 20 | 0.2 | 440 | 3.1 | 390 | 2.7 | 150 | 1.0 | 10 | k | 7390 | 51.3 | 2130 | 14.8 | 30 | 0.2 | 1100 | 7.6 | 80 | 0.5 | 1990 | 13.7 | 80 | 0.5 | 1450 | 10.0 | 20 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 2.0 | 300 | 2.1 | 400 | 2.8 | 7040 | 48.5 | 1380 | 9.5 | 1070 | 7.4 | 420 | 2.9 | 80 | 0.5 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| pt_all_SEN | Percentage of pupils with SEN |
| pt_ASD_se | Percentage of pupils with statement or EHC plan having primary type of need: Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| pt_ASD_ss | Percentage of pupils with SEN support having primary type of need: Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| pt_HI_se | Percentage of pupils with statement or EHC plan having primary type of need: Hearing Impairment |
| pt_HI_ss | Percentage of pupils with SEN support having primary type of need: Hearing Impairment |
Footnotes
- Special educational needs (SEN) status and primary type of SEN data is taken from both the school census and the alternative provision census. For 2016/17 primary type of SEN is not available on the alternative provision census. More detailed information on the SEN data published within this release is available in the accompanying methodology.
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