Data set from Special educational needs in England

Pupils in all schools, by type of SEN provision - 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, AP schools and independent schools by SEN provision, type of need and school type.

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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:
  • EHC plans
  • EHC plans (percent)
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Hospital school flag
  • Phase type of school
  • School type detail
• 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	type_of_establishment	hospital_school	total_pupils	sen_support	ehc_plan	sen_support_percent	ehc_plan_percent
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	353	Oldham	E08000004	Total	Voluntary controlled school	No	624	61	15	9.775641026	2.403846154
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	354	Rochdale	E08000005	Total	Academy converter	No	10514	1330	401	12.64980027	3.813962336
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	354	Rochdale	E08000005	Total	Academy sponsor led	No	5524	900	153	16.29254164	2.769732078
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	354	Rochdale	E08000005	Total	Community school	No	11205	1586	508	14.15439536	4.533690317
202425	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North West	E12000002	354	Rochdale	E08000005	Total	Community special school	No	707	1	706	0.141442716	99.85855728

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
ehc_plan	EHC plans
ehc_plan_percent	EHC plans (percent)
hospital_school	Hospital school flag - Yes/No
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, AP school, independent)
sen_support	SEN support/SEN without an EHC plan

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Footnotes

1. Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, state-funded alternative provision schools and independent schools
2. Includes pupils with SEN support in state-funded schools and pupils with SEN without an EHC plan in Independent schools
3. EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018

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