Data set from Special educational needs in England

01 - Pupils in all schools, by type of SEN provision - including independent schools and general hospital schools - 2016 to 2022

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Published 16 June 2022

Last updated 16 June 2022

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools by SEN provision, type of need and school type

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • EHC plans/Statements of SEN
  • EHC plans/Statements of SEN (percent)
  • SEN support
• Filters:
  • Phase type of school
  • School type detail
  • Hospital school flag
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_name	region_code	old_la_code	la_name	new_la_code	phase_type_grouping	type_of_establishment	hospital_school	total_pupils	sen_support	ehc_plan	sen_support_percent	ehc_plan_percent
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	350	Bolton	E08000001	State-funded primary	Academy sponsor led	No	1365	239	28	17.50915751	2.051282051
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	350	Bolton	E08000001	State-funded primary	Community school	No	12504	1661	279	13.2837492	2.231285988
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	350	Bolton	E08000001	State-funded primary	Free schools	No	1264	192	17	15.18987342	1.344936709
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	350	Bolton	E08000001	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	8129	913	145	11.23139378	1.783737237
202122	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	350	Bolton	E08000001	State-funded primary	Voluntary controlled school	No	1549	208	36	13.42801808	2.324080052

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
ehc_plan	EHC plans/Statements of SEN
ehc_plan_percent	EHC plans/Statements of SEN (percent)
hospital_school	Hospital school flag - Yes/No
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
sen_support	SEN support

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Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools
2. SEN support in Independent schools refers to pupils recognised as having SEN but without an EHC plan

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