Education, health and care plans
Children and young people in England with an education, health and care plan (EHC), including annual local authority activity on EHC requests and assessments.
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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
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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 for Education Minister for Children and Families Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education Minister for Skills Special adviser - Parliamentary, Social Media, and Regional/Trade Press Comms Special adviser - Women & Equalities Policy Special adviser - Policy, Speeches, and Political Engagements Special adviser - Policy Special adviser - Communications Permanent secretary Chief Analyst and Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight and Science Deputy Director - press office Deputy Director - SEND and alternative provision Deputy Head of Profession (Statistics) Director - Vulnerable Childrens Unit Director General – Digital and Infrastructure Group Director General for Schools Director General for Strategy Director of Schools Systems, Academies and Reform Director, SEND and Alternative Provision Economist - SEN and AP analysis Head of Children & Schools Statistics Head of Profession (HoP) for statistics Head of SEND Insights Unit Head of schools and funding analysis Head of Unit - Statutory Support and EHCPs Head of Unit - SEND & Alternative Provision Directorate Media officer Policy advisor - Statutory Support and EHCPs Social media officer Team Leader - Assessment and Child Experience Unit Team Leader - School and Pupils Statistics Team leader - SEN and AP analysis Team leader - SEND and alternative provision Team leader - SEND Local Partnerships Team leader - Specialist commissioning Team leader - SEND First Tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal team - Ministry of Justice Statistician - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice Team leader - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice Head of Statistics - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice
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