| The latest national statistics on Special Educational Needs produced by the Department for Education were released on 30th June 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority |  |
DfE: Special Educational Needs in England: January 2011
| Description | This Statistical First Release (SFR) brings together the information available on special educational needs and related information about special schools in England. It provides analyses on the characteristics of pupils by their provision of SEN together with the assessment and placement of pupils with statements of SEN. It is based on pupil level data collected via the School Census and Local Authority level data collected via the SEN2 survey.
- In January 2011, some 224,210 (or 2.8 per cent) pupils across all schools in England had statements of SEN. This percentage has remained unchanged in recent years.
- The percentage of pupils with statements of SEN placed in mainstream schools (nursery, primary, secondary, academies, city technology colleges) was 54.3 per cent (compared to 54.8 per cent in 2010). The corresponding figures for the proportion of pupils with statements of SEN placed in maintained special schools was 38.7 per cent, with 4.3 per cent in independent schools, 1.9 per cent in non-maintained special schools and 0.8 per cent in pupil referral units.
- In 2011 there were some 1,449,685 pupils with SEN without statements representing 17.8 per cent of pupils across all schools. This is a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from 2010, following increases in the years prior to this. Most of the decrease is in pupils at School Action.
- The incidence of pupils with SEN both with and without statements is greater in state-funded secondary schools (2.0 and 19.4 per cent respectively) than in state-funded primary schools (1.4 and 17.9 per cent respectively).
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| Download Formats | PDF (229Kb) | Explain formats |
| Additional information | EXCEL (These excel sheets contain the main national tables from the SFR) |
| Additional information | EXCEL (These excel sheets contain Local Authority tables.) |
| Additional information | EXCEL (Additional information at national level showing analyses for primary type of need by pupil characteristics e.g. free school meal eligibility, age, gender, ethnicity, etc.) |
| Publication’s Underlying Data |
| Additional information | Zip Archive (School level information showing numbers of pupils with and without statements of special educational need) |
| Reference ID | SFR14/2011 |
| Coverage Country | England |
| Date Released | 30 June 2011 |
| Main Category | Children, Education and Skills
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| Sub Category | Special Educational Needs and additional support Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information |
| Type | Statistical First Release | |
| Contact | Andrew Clarke - Schools Statistical Team schools.statistics@education.gsi.gov.uk tel: 01325 735478 |
| PreRelease Access | Click here | |
Publication includes individual Local Authority information
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