Data set from Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

LA - Special educational needs (SEN)

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Published 31 March 2022

Last updated 31 March 2022

Special educational need and primary type of special education need for children in need (excluding children on a child protection plan and children looked after), children on a child protection plan (excluding children looked after) and children looked after.

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 2021
Release type
Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators: Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: but no specialist assessment of type of need
Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Hearing Impairment
Filters: Social care group
Time period: 2016/17 to 2020/21

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	social_care_group	t_pupils	t_no_identified_SEN	t_all_SEN	t_SEN_support	t_statement_or_EHC_plan	t_ASD	t_HI	t_MLD	t_MSI	t_NSA	t_OTH	t_PD	t_PMLD	t_SEMH	t_SLCN	t_SLD	t_SPLD	t_VI	pt_no_identified_SEN	pt_all_SEN	pt_SEN_support	pt_statement_or_EHC_plan	pt_ASD	pt_HI	pt_MLD	pt_MSI	pt_NSA	pt_OTH	pt_PD	pt_PMLD	pt_SEMH	pt_SLCN	pt_SLD	pt_SPLD	pt_VI
202021	Academic year	National	E92000001	England			CINO at 31 March	129590	66310	63280	27140	36140	12080	610	7650	200	990	1700	2970	3710	14990	7720	7040	3140	510	51.2	48.8	20.9	27.9	19.1	1	12.1	0.3	1.6	2.7	4.7	5.9	23.7	12.2	11.1	5	0.8
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	CINO at 31 March	8380	4370	4010	1700	2310	830	50	530	10	50	100	150	260	850	500	500	170	20	52.2	47.8	20.2	27.6	20.6	1.1	13.3	0.2	1.2	2.4	3.6	6.6	21.3	12.5	12.4	4.1	0.5
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	CINO at 31 March	16890	8930	7970	3720	4250	1410	70	1000	40	130	210	330	500	2020	930	790	450	80	52.8	47.2	22	25.1	17.7	0.9	12.5	0.6	1.6	2.6	4.1	6.3	25.4	11.7	10	5.7	1
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber	CINO at 31 March	14400	8420	5980	3040	2950	910	80	840	10	80	120	300	320	1600	830	560	300	50	58.5	41.5	21.1	20.4	15.2	1.4	14.1	0.2	1.3	2	5	5.3	26.7	13.9	9.3	5	0.8
202021	Academic year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	CINO at 31 March	9490	5350	4150	2200	1950	700	40	620	30	70	140	180	260	1090	420	330	230	40	56.3	43.7	23.2	20.5	16.9	1	14.9	0.7	1.8	3.3	4.3	6.2	26.4	10.2	8	5.5	0.9

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 36 variables
Variable name	Variable description
pt_all_SEN	Percentage of pupils with SEN
pt_ASD	Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Autistic Spectrum Disorder
pt_HI	Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Hearing Impairment
pt_MLD	Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Moderate Learning Difficulty
pt_MSI	Percentage of pupils with having primary type of need: Multi- Sensory 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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