Data set from Special educational needs in England

Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2026

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Published 11 June 2026

Last updated 11 June 2026

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

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• API data set ID: 019df85d-2e6c-7411-942d-5fc8366e636c; How do I use this ID?
• Release: Academic year 2025/26
• Number of rows: 1,570,002
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Count of pupils age 10
  • Count of pupils age 11
  • Count of pupils age 12
  • Count of pupils age 13
  • Count of pupils age 14
  • Count of pupils age 15
  • Count of pupils age 16
  • Count of pupils age 17
  • Count of pupils age 18
  • Count of pupils age 19 and over
  • Count of pupils age 2 and under
  • Count of pupils age 3 autumn born
  • Count of pupils age 3 spring born
  • Count of pupils age 3 summer born
  • Count of pupils age 4 autumn born
  • Count of pupils age 4 spring born
  • Count of pupils age 4 summer born
  • Count of pupils age 5
  • Count of pupils age 6
  • Count of pupils age 7
  • Count of pupils age 8
  • Count of pupils age 9
  • Count of pupils of all ages
  • Percent of pupils age 10
  • Percent of pupils age 11
  • Percent of pupils age 12
  • Percent of pupils age 13
  • Percent of pupils age 14
  • Percent of pupils age 15
  • Percent of pupils age 16
  • Percent of pupils age 17
  • Percent of pupils age 18
  • Percent of pupils age 19 and over
  • Percent of pupils age 2 and under
  • Percent of pupils age 3 autumn born
  • Percent of pupils age 3 spring born
  • Percent of pupils age 3 summer born
  • Percent of pupils age 4 autumn born
  • Percent of pupils age 4 spring born
  • Percent of pupils age 4 summer born
  • Percent of pupils age 5
  • Percent of pupils age 6
  • Percent of pupils age 7
  • Percent of pupils age 8
  • Percent of pupils age 9
  • Percent of pupils of all ages
• Filters:
  • Phase type of school
  • Primary type of need
  • Pupil sex
  • SEN provision
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2025/26

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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	pcon_code	pcon_name	phase_type_grouping	sen_provision	sen_primary_need	sex	age_total_pupil_count	age_2_and_under_pupil_count	age_3_term_summer_pupil_count	age_3_term_spring_pupil_count	age_3_term_autumn_pupil_count	age_4_term_summer_pupil_count	age_4_term_spring_pupil_count	age_4_term_autumn_pupil_count	age_5_pupil_count	age_6_pupil_count	age_7_pupil_count	age_8_pupil_count	age_9_pupil_count	age_10_pupil_count	age_11_pupil_count	age_12_pupil_count	age_13_pupil_count	age_14_pupil_count	age_15_pupil_count	age_16_pupil_count	age_17_pupil_count	age_18_pupil_count	age_19_and_over_pupil_count	age_total_pupil_percent	age_2_and_under_pupil_percent	age_3_term_summer_pupil_percent	age_3_term_spring_pupil_percent	age_3_term_autumn_pupil_percent	age_4_term_summer_pupil_percent	age_4_term_spring_pupil_percent	age_4_term_autumn_pupil_percent	age_5_pupil_percent	age_6_pupil_percent	age_7_pupil_percent	age_8_pupil_percent	age_9_pupil_percent	age_10_pupil_percent	age_11_pupil_percent	age_12_pupil_percent	age_13_pupil_percent	age_14_pupil_percent	age_15_pupil_percent	age_16_pupil_percent	age_17_pupil_percent	age_18_pupil_percent	age_19_and_over_pupil_percent
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Non-maintained special school	Education, health and care plan	Autistic spectrum disorder	Total	1704	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	60	102	84	83	86	91	165	180	155	189	187	150	97	60	6	100	0	0	0	0	0.23474178403	0.11737089201	0.17605633802	3.52112676056	5.98591549295	4.92957746478	4.87089201877	5.0469483568	5.34037558685	9.68309859154	10.56338028169	9.09624413145	11.09154929577	10.97417840375	8.8028169014	5.69248826291	3.52112676056	0.35211267605
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Non-maintained special school	Education, health and care plan	Autistic spectrum disorder	Male	1369	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	46	72	65	67	73	76	134	144	120	158	150	124	79	48	5	80.34037558685	0	0	0	0	0.23474178403	0.058685446	0.17605633802	2.69953051643	4.22535211267	3.81455399061	3.93192488262	4.28403755868	4.46009389671	7.86384976525	8.45070422535	7.04225352112	9.27230046948	8.8028169014	7.27699530516	4.63615023474	2.81690140845	0.29342723004
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Non-maintained special school	Education, health and care plan	Autistic spectrum disorder	Female	335	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	30	19	16	13	15	31	36	35	31	37	26	18	12	1	19.65962441314	0	0	0	0	0	0.058685446	0	0.82159624413	1.76056338028	1.11502347417	0.93896713615	0.76291079812	0.88028169014	1.81924882629	2.11267605633	2.05399061032	1.81924882629	2.17136150234	1.52582159624	1.05633802816	0.70422535211	0.058685446
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Non-maintained special school	Education, health and care plan	Down syndrome	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	2	5	2	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.76470588235	0	0	11.76470588235	0	5.88235294117	17.64705882352	0	11.76470588235	29.41176470588	11.76470588235	0	0
202526	Academic year	National	E92000001	England								Non-maintained special school	Education, health and care plan	Down syndrome	Male	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	94.11764705882	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.76470588235	0	0	11.76470588235	0	5.88235294117	11.76470588235	0	11.76470588235	29.41176470588	11.76470588235	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 50 variables

Variable name	Variable description
age_10_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 10
age_10_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 10
age_11_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 11
age_11_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 11
age_12_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 12
age_12_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 12
age_13_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 13
age_13_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 13
age_14_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 14
age_14_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 14
age_15_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 15
age_15_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 15
age_16_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 16
age_16_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 16
age_17_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 17
age_17_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 17
age_18_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 18
age_18_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 18
age_19_and_over_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 19 and over
age_19_and_over_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 19 and over
age_2_and_under_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 2 and under
age_2_and_under_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 2 and under
age_3_term_autumn_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 3 autumn born
age_3_term_autumn_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 3 autumn born
age_3_term_spring_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 3 spring born
age_3_term_spring_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 3 spring born
age_3_term_summer_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 3 summer born
age_3_term_summer_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 3 summer born
age_4_term_autumn_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 4 autumn born
age_4_term_autumn_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 4 autumn born
age_4_term_spring_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 4 spring born
age_4_term_spring_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 4 spring born
age_4_term_summer_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 4 summer born
age_4_term_summer_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 4 summer born
age_5_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 5
age_5_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 5
age_6_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 6
age_6_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 6
age_7_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 7
age_7_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 7
age_8_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 8
age_8_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 8
age_9_pupil_count	Count of pupils age 9
age_9_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils age 9
age_total_pupil_count	Count of pupils of all ages
age_total_pupil_percent	Percent of pupils of all ages
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
sen_primary_need	Primary type of need - (ASD, HI, VI…)
sen_provision	SEN provision - EHC plan/Statement of SEN or SEN support or No SEN
sex	Pupil sex - Male, Female

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Footnotes

1. Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and state-funded alternative provision schools. Does not include independent schools.
2. EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018.
3. Please note that Down Syndrome was 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 Down syndrome that year who would have been recorded with a different primary need the previous year.
4. Please note that Down Syndrome had 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 Down Syndrome this year that would have been recorded with a different primary need last year.

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• API data set name: Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2025 - 2026 format
• API data set ID: 019df85d-2e6c-7411-942d-5fc8366e636c
• API data set version: 1.1

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• 2025/26 (code: AY)

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Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Ricardo Hayward

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