Number of education, health (EHC) plans as at January each year, by their primary type of need
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The number of EHC plans active at January each year, by their primary SEN need. This is shown for the type of setting attended, current age, age when plan started, ethnicity, sex and length of plan. Data is shown on an academic year basis.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Education, health and care plans
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 13,939
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Total number of EHC plans
- Autistic spectrum disorder
- Hearing impairment
- Filters
- Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested
- Time period
- 2024/25
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | old_la_code | la_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | ehc_plans | number_asd | number_hi | number_mld | number_msi | number_oth | number_pd | number_pmld | number_semh | number_slcn | number_sld | number_spld | number_vi | number_need_unknown | asd_pc | hi_pc | mld_pc | msi_pc | oth_pc | pd_pc | pmld_pc | semh_pc | slcn_pc | sld_pc | spld_pc | vi_pc | unknown_pc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All EHC plans | All EHC plans | 638745 | 201183 | 8765 | 67861 | 1692 | 7512 | 24897 | 8577 | 132217 | 135836 | 25681 | 14374 | 5280 | 4870 | 31.5 | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Child or young persons age | age 10 | 41405 | 13579 | 517 | 4569 | 109 | 517 | 1443 | 528 | 8179 | 8745 | 1477 | 1116 | 335 | 291 | 32.8 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 19.8 | 21.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Child or young persons age | age 11 | 46775 | 15122 | 595 | 5585 | 122 | 601 | 1609 | 510 | 10159 | 8596 | 1649 | 1497 | 381 | 349 | 32.3 | 1.3 | 11.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 21.7 | 18.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Child or young persons age | age 12 | 47172 | 15003 | 669 | 6085 | 106 | 605 | 1672 | 583 | 10725 | 7729 | 1791 | 1515 | 366 | 323 | 31.8 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 22.7 | 16.4 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |||||
| 202425 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Child or young persons age | age 13 | 47359 | 14737 | 594 | 5899 | 115 | 576 | 1573 | 559 | 12367 | 6966 | 1792 | 1484 | 358 | 339 | 31.1 | 1.3 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 26.1 | 14.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| asd_pc | Autistic spectrum disorder (%) |
| breakdown | Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by primary need recorded in EHC plan |
| ehc_plans | Total number of EHC plans |
| hi_pc | Hearing impairment (%) |
| mld_pc | Moderate learning difficulty (%) |
Footnotes
- EHC plans where the primary need is Down Syndrome are included under "other difficulty/disability".
- Surrey submitted amended figures on the primary type of need following completion of the SEN2 data collection in 2025. The published figures include the amended totals they supplied. Information on characteristics for this authority is not therefore available.
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