National statistics

Special educational needs in England: January 2016

Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN), and SEN provision in schools.

Applies to England

Documents

Main text: SFR29/2016

National tables: SFR29/2016

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Local authority tables: SFR29/2016

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Additional tables: SFR29/2016

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Underlying data: SFR29/2016

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Details

This statistical first release (SFR) provides analyses on the characteristics of pupils by their:

  • level of SEN provision - education, health and care (EHC) plan or SEN support
  • type of SEN

It is based on pupil-level data collected via the school census.

School census statistics team

Published 21 July 2016
Last updated 27 July 2017 + show all updates
  1. Update to figures in national table 6 and additional tables C1 and table C2 to correct an ethnicity code error. Update to figures in additional table F to correct the omission of those aged 5.

  2. First published.