Secondary need, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2026
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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 2025/26
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 7,326,676
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Parliamentary constituency, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of pupils
- Percentage of pupils
- Filters
- Phase type of school
- Primary type of special educational need
- SEN provision
- Time period
- 2015/16 to 2025/26
Data set preview
| 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 | sen_secondary_need | pupil_count | pupil_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special school | Education, health and care plan | Autistic spectrum disorder | All pupils | 1704 | 100 | |||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special school | Education, health and care plan | Autistic spectrum disorder | Autistic spectrum disorder | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special school | Education, health and care plan | Autistic spectrum disorder | Hearing impairment | 8 | 0.46948356807 | |||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special school | Education, health and care plan | Autistic spectrum disorder | Moderate learning difficulty | 34 | 1.99530516431 | |||||||
| 202526 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | Non-maintained special school | Education, health and care plan | Autistic spectrum disorder | Multi-sensory impairment | 4 | 0.23474178403 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| phase_type_grouping | Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent) |
| pupil_count | Number of pupils |
| pupil_percent | Percentage of pupils |
| sen_primary_need | Primary type of special educational need - (ASD, HI, VI…) |
| sen_provision | SEN provision - EHC plan/Statement of SEN or SEN support/School Action/School Action plus |
Footnotes
- Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and state-funded alternative provision schools. Does not include independent schools.
- EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018.
- 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.
- 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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Special educational needs statistics team
Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Ricardo Hayward