Education, health and care plans
Children and young people in England with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), including annual local authority activity on EHCP requests and assessment.
- Release type
- Produced by
- Department for Education
- Published
- Last updated
Get help by contacting us
If you have a specific enquiry about Education, health and care plans statistics and data:
School Census Statistics team
Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.ukContact name: Special Educational Needs statistics lead
Press office
If you have a media enquiry:
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Public enquiries
If you have a general enquiry about the Department for Education (DfE) or education:
Phone: 0370 000 2288
Opening times
Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pm (closed on bank holidays)
Accredited official statistics
These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.
You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
Secretary of State
Minister of State
Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing
Minister for the School System and Finance
Permanent Secretary
Analyst - SEND & AP Modelling team
Analyst, Early Years, Childcare, Families and Analysis Directorate,
Data scientist - SEND Analysis
DD Strategy, Planning and Performance SEND and AP directorate
Deputy director - communications
Deputy Director - SEND & CSC Operational Policy and National Delivery Division
Deputy Director SEND and AP Local Accountability and Improvement
Director of SEND and Alternative Provision
Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight & Science (SARDIS) & Strategic Data Transformation
Grade 6 - Special Educational Needs Disabilities Improvement and Intervention Unit
Head of Children & Schools Statistics
Head of Commissioning Unit - SEND National System
Head of Data Insights and Statistics Division
Head of Operations Unit in the SEND and Alternative Provision Division
Head of SEND and AP Strategy
Head of SEND and CSC Operational Policy
Head of SEND Performance and Accountability
Head of unit - SEND and AP Financial Strategy Unit
Media officer
Policy officer, SEND Systems, Outcomes and Experiences Division
SEND mediation and redress team
SEND Policy, SEND Strategy Unit
SEND Regional Lead
Senior Operational Researcher, SEND Analysis
Team leader - implementation of the SEND reform
Team Leader - SEND Practice In Schools
Team leader, SEND & AP Modelling team
TeamLeader - SEN Reform