Academic year 2019/20

Special educational needs in England

Pupils in England with SEN support or an education, health and care plan (EHCP). Including type of need, age, gender, free school meals (FSM) and ethnicity.

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• Produced by: Department for Education
• Published: 2 July 2020

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• Free school meals, ethnicity and language - by SEN provision, type of need and school type

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 156,607
  • Indicators:
    • Any other ethnic group
    • Any other ethnic group (%)
    • Asian - Bangladeshi
  • Filters:
    • Phase type of school
    • Primary type of need
    • SEN provision
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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• National curriculum year groups - by SEN provision, type of need and school type

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 156,607
  • Indicators:
    • Early years
    • Early years (%)
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Phase type of school
    • Primary type of need
    • SEN provision
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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• Number of pupils, by type of SEN provision, by type of school (including independent schools and general hospital schools) - 2016 to 2020

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 61,623
  • Indicators:
    • EHC plans/Statements of SEN
    • EHC plans/Statements of SEN (percent)
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Hospital school flag
    • Phase type of school
    • School type detail
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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• Secondary type of need - by SEN provision, type of need and school type

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 156,607
  • Indicators:
    • Autistic Spectrum Disorder
    • Autistic Spectrum Disorder (%)
    • Headcount
  • Filters:
    • Phase type of school
    • Primary type of need
    • SEN provision
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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• Age and gender - by SEN provision, type of need and school type

  Local authority, National, Regional

  • Number of rows: 156,607
  • Indicators:
    • Age 10
    • Age 10 (%)
    • Age 11
  • Filters:
    • Phase type of school
    • Primary type of need
    • SEN provision
  • Time period: 2015/16 to 2019/20

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• Pre-release access list

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• Metadata

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• School level underlying data

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If you have a specific enquiry about Special educational needs in England statistics and data:

Special educational needs statistics team

Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Ricardo Hayward

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