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'Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2023' from 'Special educational needs in England'

• Created: 21 February 2024

Headcount for 'Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2023' for Autistic Spectrum Disorder, EHC plans, Hearing Impairment, Missing, Moderate Learning Difficulty and 11 other filters in England between 2019/20 and 2022/23

	EHC plans				SEN Support
	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23
Total	275,604	303,668	330,447	360,342	999,420	1,002,442	1,044,298	1,093,234
Autistic Spectrum Disorder	82,847	92,567	103,429	115,984	67,867	70,474	79,064	90,779
Hearing Impairment	6,027	6,148	6,189	6,242	17,173	17,067	16,695	16,947
Missing	1	no data	1	no data	no data	no data	20	no data
Moderate Learning Difficulty	29,592	31,159	32,057	32,898	211,563	203,454	197,409	189,375
Multi- Sensory Impairment	965	1,021	1,104	1,207	2,647	2,808	3,008	3,230
Other Difficulty/Disability	7,069	7,841	8,424	8,756	45,932	44,592	44,720	43,763
Physical Disability	13,371	13,724	14,020	14,324	23,417	22,944	22,862	22,479
Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty	10,003	9,976	10,108	10,120	916	825	769	824
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need	no data	no data	no data	no data	40,333	42,204	46,103	50,090
Severe Learning Difficulty	30,593	31,300	31,504	31,322	3,001	2,634	2,434	2,277
Social, Emotional and Mental Health	39,189	45,191	49,525	54,598	194,111	195,294	208,916	229,723
Specific Learning Difficulty	9,947	11,610	13,034	14,824	145,878	145,187	149,997	155,238
Speech, Language and Communications needs	42,589	49,530	57,341	66,287	236,960	245,232	262,416	278,596
Visual Impairment	3,411	3,601	3,711	3,780	9,622	9,727	9,885	9,913

Footnotes

1. EHC plans also includes statements of SEN. Statements were phased out from 2014 to 2018
2. Includes state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and state-funded alternative provision schools. Does not include independent schools.

Source: Special educational needs in England, Age and Gender, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2023

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