SEND Futures longitudinal study - discovery phase
Findings and methodology from the discovery phase of a longitudinal study looking at children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Applies to England
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The SEND Futures discovery phase was a 2-year pilot. It examined the viability of conducting a large-scale longitudinal study to gather evidence on the experiences and outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England.
We conducted face-to-face and online fieldwork with year 8 pupils with SEND and their parents in 2022 (Wave 1).
We followed them up again one year later, in 2023 (Wave 2).
We also ran a number of experiments on engagement with the survey.
The methodological reports have findings about:
- feasibility
- engagement
- response
- retention
The findings reports contain findings on some of the topics covered in the surveys.
The National Centre for Social Research has published a simple summary of key findings from the research with young people with SEND aged 12 to 13.
Updates to this page
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Added a report on parental perceptions of school support for pupils with SEND at age 13 to 14, with an easy read summary and BSL summary video. Also added wave 2 methodological report.
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Added 'Lives of young people with SEND at 12 or 13 years old: easy read' and a British Sign Language summary of the report.
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First published.