Guidance

Special educational needs person level survey 2026: guide

Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2026 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 September 2025

Applies to England

Documents

Special educational needs survey 2026: guide

PDF, 535 KB, 45 pages

Details

The guide contains information to help local authorities submit data for the SEN2 person level 2026 survey. It includes:

• main changes from SEN2 2025
• notes on individual data items in the SEN2 survey

Published 26 September 2025