Data set from Special educational needs in England

01 - Pupils in all schools, by type of SEN provision - including independent schools and general hospital schools - 2016 to 2021

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Published 24 June 2021

Last updated 24 June 2021

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units 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 2020/21
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • EHC plans/Statements of SEN
  • EHC plans/Statements of SEN (percent)
  • Headcount
• Filters:
  • Hospital school flag
  • Phase type of school
  • School type detail
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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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	phase_type_grouping	type_of_establishment	hospital_school	total_pupils	sen_support	ehc_plan	sen_support_percent	ehc_plan_percent
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	South East	E12000008	871	E06000039	Slough	State-funded primary	Foundation school	No	964	112	111	11.61825726	11.51452282
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	South East	E12000008	871	E06000039	Slough	State-funded primary	Free schools	No	1340	222	10	16.56716418	0.746268657
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	South East	E12000008	871	E06000039	Slough	State-funded primary	Voluntary aided school	No	2079	193	33	9.283309283	1.587301587
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	South East	E12000008	871	E06000039	Slough	State-funded primary	Voluntary controlled school	No	661	62	10	9.379727685	1.512859304
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	North East	E12000001	390	E08000020	Gateshead	Independent school	Other independent school	No	1471	200	11	13.59619307	0.747790619

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
ehc_plan	EHC plans/Statements of SEN
ehc_plan_percent	EHC plans/Statements of SEN (percent)
hospital_school	Hospital school flag - Yes/No
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
sen_support	SEN support

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Footnotes

1. SEN support in Independent schools refers to pupils recognised as having SEN but without an EHC plan
2. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools, pupil referral units and independent schools

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