Data set from Special educational needs in England

School level data - 2026

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Published 11 June 2026

Last updated 11 June 2026

School level underlying data file, containing total pupils, SEN provision and primary need at a school level including school information.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• Release: Academic year 2025/26
• Number of rows: 759,469
• Geographic levels: School
• Indicators:
  • Count of pupils
  • School open date
  • School postcode
• Filters:
  • Admissions policy
  • All through school description
  • Hospital school flag
  • Middle school description
  • Phase type of school
  • Primary type of special educational need
  • Religious denomination
  • SEN provision
  • School has provision for autistic spectrum disorder
  • School has provision for hearing impairment
  • School has provision for moderate learning difficulty
  • School has provision for multi-sensory impairment
  • School has provision for other difficulty or disability
  • School has provision for physical disability
  • School has provision for profound and multuple learning difficulty
  • School has provision for severe learning difficulty
  • School has provision for social, emotional and mental health
  • School has provision for specific learning difficulty
  • School has provision for speech, language and communications needs
  • School has provision for vision impairment
  • School type (detailed)
  • Sex of school description
  • Type of specialist provision unit
  • Urban or rural flag
• Time period: 2025/26

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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	new_la_code	la_name	school_urn	estab	school_name	school_laestab	open_date	sex_of_school_description	phase_type_grouping	establishment_type	middle_school	all_through	hospital_school	religious_denomination	admissions_policy	district_administrative_code	district_administrative_name	pcon_code	pcon_name	ward_code	ward_name	urban_rural	school_postcode	lsoa11	provision_for_spld	provision_for_mld	provision_for_sld	provision_for_pmld	provision_for_semh	provision_for_slcn	provision_for_hi	provision_for_vi	provision_for_msi	provision_for_pd	provision_for_asd	provision_for_oth	specialist_provision_unit_type	sen_provision	sen_primary_need	pupil_count
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	201	E09000001	City of London	1.00E+05	3614	The Aldgate School	2013614	z	Mixed	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	No	No	Church of England	Not applicable	E09000001	City of London	E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	E05009291	Billingsgate	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city	EC3A 5DE	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All pupils	All pupils	All pupils	229
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	201	E09000001	City of London	1.00E+05	3614	The Aldgate School	2013614	z	Mixed	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	No	No	Church of England	Not applicable	E09000001	City of London	E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	E05009291	Billingsgate	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city	EC3A 5DE	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All pupils	SEN support	All pupils	40
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	201	E09000001	City of London	1.00E+05	3614	The Aldgate School	2013614	z	Mixed	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	No	No	Church of England	Not applicable	E09000001	City of London	E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	E05009291	Billingsgate	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city	EC3A 5DE	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All pupils	Education, health and care plans	All pupils	13
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	201	E09000001	City of London	1.00E+05	3614	The Aldgate School	2013614	z	Mixed	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	No	No	Church of England	Not applicable	E09000001	City of London	E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	E05009291	Billingsgate	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city	EC3A 5DE	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All pupils	Education, health and care plans	Specific learning difficulty	0
202526	Academic year	School	E92000001	England	London	E12000007	201	E09000001	City of London	1.00E+05	3614	The Aldgate School	2013614	z	Mixed	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	No	No	Church of England	Not applicable	E09000001	City of London	E14001172	Cities of London and Westminster	E05009291	Billingsgate	Urban: Nearer to a major town or city	EC3A 5DE	Unknown	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	All pupils	Education, health and care plans	Moderate learning difficulty	1

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 27 variables

Variable name	Variable description
admissions_policy	Admissions policy
all_through	All through school description
establishment_type	School type (detailed) - For example - academy converter, community school, independent special
hospital_school	Hospital school flag - Yes/No
middle_school	Middle school description
open_date	School open date
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
provision_for_asd	School has provision for autistic spectrum disorder
provision_for_hi	School has provision for hearing impairment
provision_for_mld	School has provision for moderate learning difficulty
provision_for_msi	School has provision for multi-sensory impairment
provision_for_oth	School has provision for other difficulty or disability
provision_for_pd	School has provision for physical disability
provision_for_pmld	School has provision for profound and multuple learning difficulty
provision_for_semh	School has provision for social, emotional and mental health
provision_for_slcn	School has provision for speech, language and communications needs
provision_for_sld	School has provision for severe learning difficulty
provision_for_spld	School has provision for specific learning difficulty
provision_for_vi	School has provision for vision impairment
pupil_count	Count of pupils
religious_denomination	Religious denomination
school_postcode	School postcode
sen_primary_need	Primary type of special educational need - (ASD, HI, VI…)
sen_provision	SEN provision - EHC plan or SEN support
sex_of_school_description	Sex of school description - Mixed, boys, girls
specialist_provision_unit_type	Type of specialist provision unit - e.g. SEN unit, resourced provision unit
urban_rural	Urban or rural flag

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Footnotes

1. EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018.

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