Residential placements
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The number of residential placements, broken down by age, sex, ethnicity and the type of setting attended. Figures are shown as at January each year, on an academic year basis.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Pupils and schools
- Publication
- Education, health and care plans
- Release
- Reporting year 2026
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 39,071
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Total number of residential settings
- Number of residential settings between 38 and 51 weeks
- Number of residential settings for 52 weeks
- Filters
- Characteristics of residential placements
- Time period
- 2018/19 to 2025/26
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | new_la_code | old_la_code | la_name | breakdown_topic | breakdown | res_3851 | res_52 | res_tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201819 | Academic year | National | E92000001 | England | All residential placements | All residential placements | 2469 | 1327 | 3796 | |||||
| 201819 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | All residential placements | All residential placements | 25 | 88 | 113 | |||
| 201819 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | All residential placements | All residential placements | 134 | 168 | 302 | |||
| 201819 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | All residential placements | All residential placements | 113 | 95 | 208 | |||
| 201819 | Academic year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | All residential placements | All residential placements | 109 | 57 | 166 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristics of residential placements - Filter by characteristics of child or young person with residential placements |
| res_3851 | Number of residential settings between 38 and 51 weeks |
| res_52 | Number of residential settings for 52 weeks |
| res_tot | Total number of residential settings |
Footnotes
- Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on Get Information About Schools (opens in new tab).
- Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
- Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
- Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.
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Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Special Educational Needs statistics lead