Statistics: special educational needs (SEN)
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Statistics on pupils with SEN, including information on educational attainment, destinations, absence, exclusions, and characteristics.
Statistics from May 2010 onwards are available on GOV.UK. You can find our archived statistics on the UK Government Web Archive website. Note: the search function is not available on archived content so please use the filters on the left of each page.
National statistics on special educational needs in England
- Special educational needs in England: January 2020
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2019
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2018
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2017
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2016
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2015
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2014
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2013
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2012
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2011
- National Statistics
- Special educational needs in England: January 2010
- National Statistics
Statements of special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans
From 7 May 2020, the Department for Education is publishing ‘Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England’ on a new statistics dissemination platform, Explore Education Statistics (EES).
We published this information as a separate statistical first release (SFR) for the first time in 2015.
- Education, health and care plans: England 2020
- National Statistics
- Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England 2019
- National Statistics
- Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2018
- National Statistics
- Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2017
- National Statistics
- Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2016
- National Statistics
- Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2015
- National Statistics
Analysis of children with special educational needs
- SEN absences and exclusions: additional analysis
- Research and analysis
- Special educational needs: analysis and summary of data sources
- Research and analysis
- Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2014
- Official Statistics
- Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2013
- Official Statistics
- Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2012
- Official Statistics
- Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2011
- Official Statistics
- Children with special educational needs: 2010
- Official Statistics
SEN statements issued within 26 weeks
- SEN statements issued by DfE within 26 weeks: 2011
- Official Statistics
- SEN statements issued by DfE within 26 weeks: 2010
- Official Statistics
Published 30 July 2013
Last updated 2 July 2020 + show all updates
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2020’.
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Added ‘Education, health and care plans: England 2020’.
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From 7 May 2020, the Department for Education is publishing ‘Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England’ on a new statistics dissemination platform, Explore Education Statistics (EES).
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2019’.
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Added ‘Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England 2019’.
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2018’ to the collection.
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Added: ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2018’.
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2017’.
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Added: ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2017’.
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2016’.
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Added ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2016’.
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Added link to ‘SEN absences and exclusions: additional analysis’.
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Added: ‘SEN: analysis and summary of data sources’.
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Added ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England 2015’.
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Added ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2014’ and ‘Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2014’ to the collection.
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Added an update about the ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2014’ SFR.
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Added ‘Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2013’
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