Data set from Special educational needs in England

Secondary need, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2025

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Published 12 June 2025

Last updated 12 June 2025

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and AP schools by SEN provision, primary type of need and secondary type of need

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder (%)
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Phase type of school
  • Primary type of need
  • SEN provision
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2024/25

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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	sen_status	sen_primary_need	number_of_pupils	secondary_need_spld	secondary_need_mld	secondary_need_sld	secondary_need_pmld	secondary_need_semh	secondary_need_slcn	secondary_need_hi	secondary_need_vi	secondary_need_msi	secondary_need_pd	secondary_need_asd	secondary_need_oth	secondary_need_nsa	secondary_need_spld_percent	secondary_need_mld_percent	secondary_need_sld_percent	secondary_need_pmld_percent	secondary_need_semh_percent	secondary_need_slcn_percent	secondary_need_hi_percent	secondary_need_vi_percent	secondary_need_msi_percent	secondary_need_pd_percent	secondary_need_asd_percent	secondary_need_oth_percent	secondary_need_nsa_percent
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	No identified SEN	Missing	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	No identified SEN	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	Autistic Spectrum Disorder	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	40	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	Hearing Impairment	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.33333333	0	0	0	8.333333333	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	Moderate Learning Difficulty	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.66666667	0	0	0	33.33333333	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 30 variables

Variable name	Variable description
number_of_pupils	Headcount
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
secondary_need_asd	Autistic Spectrum Disorder
secondary_need_asd_percent	Autistic Spectrum Disorder (%)
secondary_need_hi	Hearing impairment

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Footnotes

1. EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018
2. Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and state-funded alternative provision schools. Does not include independent schools.
3. Please note that Downs Syndrome has been recorded as a primary need for the first time in the school census in 2024/25. This addition means that there are likely to be pupils recorded with a primary need of Downs syndrome this year that would have been recorded with a different primary need last year.

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