Guidance

Special educational needs person level survey: guide

Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 September 2025
• Last updated: 16 October 2026
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  1. 16 October 2026

     Updated section 5.2 of the guide.

  2. 17 August 2026

     Updated description of mediations and tribunals in ‘Special educational needs survey 2027: guide’, and removed ‘Special educational needs survey 2026: guide’.

  3. 9 December 2025

     Added 'Special educational needs survey 2027: guide.'

  4. 26 September 2025

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Special educational needs survey 2027: guide

PDF, 519 KB, 44 pages

Details

This guide contains information to help local authorities submit data for the SEN2 person level 2027 survey.

The deadlines are:

• survey day: Thursday 21 January 2027
• deadline for submitting data: Thursday 18 March 2027