Data set from Special educational needs in England

Year group, 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, type of need and national curriculum year.

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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:
  • Early years
  • Early years (%)
  • 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	nc_early_years	nc_reception	nc_year_1	nc_year_2	nc_year_3	nc_year_4	nc_year_5	nc_year_6	nc_year_7	nc_year_8	nc_year_9	nc_year_10	nc_year_11	nc_year_12	nc_year_13	nc_year_14	nc_not_followed	nc_early_years_percent	nc_reception_percent	nc_year_1_percent	nc_year_2_percent	nc_year_3_percent	nc_year_4_percent	nc_year_5_percent	nc_year_6_percent	nc_year_7_percent	nc_year_8_percent	nc_year_9_percent	nc_year_10_percent	nc_year_11_percent	nc_year_12_percent	nc_year_13_percent	nc_year_14_percent	nc_not_followed_percent
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	No identified SEN	Missing	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	81.81818182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.18181818	0	0	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	No identified SEN	Total	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	81.81818182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.18181818	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	20	0	20	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	Hearing Impairment	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	33.33333333	0	0	0	0	0	16.66666667	8.333333333	8.333333333	8.333333333	16.66666667	0	8.333333333	0	0	0	0
202425	Academic year	National	E92000001	England						Non-maintained special school	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan	Moderate Learning Difficulty	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.33333333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.33333333	33.33333333	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 38 variables

Variable name	Variable description
nc_early_years	Early years
nc_early_years_percent	Early years (%)
nc_not_followed	National curriculum not followed
nc_not_followed_percent	National curriculum not followed (%)
nc_reception	Reception

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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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