Number of Children by Special Educational Needs (SEN) status and Age (2018 to 2021)
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The number of children in receipt of Education Health and Care Plans, and/or in receipt of SEN support.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Early years
- Publication
- Education provision: children under 5 years of age
- Release
- Reporting year 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of three and four year olds registered
- Number of two year olds registered
- Per cent of three and four year olds registered
- Filters
- Characteristic type
- Type of entitlement: funded or extended
- Time period
- 2018 to 2021
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | entitlement_type | characteristic | characteristic_type | number_2_year_olds | 2_year_olds_% | number_3_4_year_olds | 3_4_year_olds_% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Funded entitlement | SEN | Total | 124542 | . | 1211975 | . | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Funded entitlement | SEN | All SEN | 4332 | 3.5 | 76418 | 6.3 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Funded entitlement | SEN | EHC plan | 715 | 0.6 | 12444 | 1 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Funded entitlement | SEN | SEN Support | 3617 | 2.9 | 63974 | 5.3 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Funded entitlement | SEN | Total | 8425 | . | 55452 | . |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| 2_year_olds_% | Per cent of two year olds registered |
| 3_4_year_olds_% | Per cent of three and four year olds registered |
| characteristic_type | Characteristic type - Select type of SEN characteristic: example SEN support |
| entitlement_type | Type of entitlement: funded or extended - Select type of entitlement: funded or extended |
| number_2_year_olds | Number of two year olds registered |
Footnotes
- 2021 is the first year of data covering COVID-19, collected during January's national lockdown. A higher proportion of children recorded as registered to receive early education entitlements will have been temporarily absent during census week itself than previous years.
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