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Step 1 Choose a publication
- Publication
- Special educational needs in England
Step 2 Select a data set or featured table
- Data set
- 02 - Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2021
Step 3 Choose locations
- National
- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2019/20 to 2020/21
Step 5 Choose your filters
- Indicators
- Headcount
- Phase type of school
- Total
- Primary type of need
- Total
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Hearing Impairment
- Missing
- Moderate Learning Difficulty
- SEN provision
- SEN Support
- Statement or EHC
Step 6 (current) Explore data
This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Academic year 2022/23Headcount for '02 - Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2021' for Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Missing, Moderate Learning Difficulty, Multi- Sensory Impairment and 11 other filters in England between 2019/20 and 2020/21 SEN Support Statement or EHC 2019/20 2020/21 2019/20 2020/21 Autistic Spectrum Disorder 67,867 70,474 82,847 92,567 Hearing Impairment 17,173 17,067 6,027 6,148 Moderate Learning Difficulty 211,563 203,454 29,592 31,159 Multi- Sensory Impairment 2,647 2,808 965 1,021 Other Difficulty/Disability 45,932 44,592 7,069 7,841 Physical Disability 23,417 22,944 13,371 13,724 Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty 916 825 10,003 9,976 Severe Learning Difficulty 3,001 2,634 30,593 31,300 Social, Emotional and Mental Health 194,111 195,294 39,189 45,191 Specific Learning Difficulty 145,878 145,187 9,947 11,610 Speech, Language and Communications needs 236,960 245,232 42,589 49,530 Visual Impairment 9,622 9,727 3,411 3,601 SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need 40,333 42,204 no data no data Missing no data no data 1 no data Total 999,420 1,002,442 275,604 303,668 Footnotes
- Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
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- Publication: Special educational needs in England, Academic year 2022/23
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