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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan

• Overview

  Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or…

• Special educational needs support

  Your child will get SEN support at their school or college. Your child may…

• Extra help

  An education, health and care (EHC) plan is for children and young people…

• If your child got support before September 2014

  Your child will move to an education, health and care (EHC) plan. This…

Statistics on pupils with SEN, including information on educational attainment, destinations, absence, exclusions and characteristics.

• Updated: 26 June 2025

Innovators to test earlier interventions to help support children with SEND, backed by government.

• Updated: 20 November 2025

How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.

• Updated: 15 September 2025

If your child cannot walk to school because of their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) your local council must provide transport

Types of school and how they're run - community schools, academies, free schools, faith schools, state boarding schools.

How health and wellbeing boards can support children with special educational needs and disabilities to get joined up care from local services.

• Updated: 19 September 2014

Information on special educational needs and related information about special schools in England.

• Updated: 27 July 2017

Information on special educational needs and related information about special schools in England.

• Updated: 21 July 2015

Analysis and links to data sources on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability in England.

• Updated: 15 August 2024