Special Educational Needs
(asked on 29th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of SEN pupils attend a school in a different local authority area to the one in which they live in the East of England.
The number and proportion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) who attend a school in a different local authority area to the one in which they live in the East of England is shown below.
Pupils1,2 with SEN resident3 in local authority areas in East of England by whether they go to school within or outside their local authority area
Source: January school census 2024
| Primary | Secondary | Special |
Number of pupils with education, health and care (EHC) Plan | |||
Resident pupils | 15,775 | 11,509 | 14,356 |
School within local authority area | 15,389 | 10,898 | 13,397 |
School outside local authority area | 386 | 611 | 959 |
Percentage of pupils with EHC Plan | |||
School within local authority area | 97.6% | 94.7% | 93.3% |
School outside local authority area | 2.4% | 5.3% | 6.7% |
Number of pupils with SEN support (without EHC Plan) | |||
Resident pupils | 69,323 | 46,863 | 79 |
School within local authority area | 67,706 | 44,741 | 69 |
School outside local authority area | 1,617 | 2,122 | 10 |
Percentage of pupils with SEN support (without EHC Plan) | |||
School within local authority area | 97.7% | 95.5% | 87.3% |
School outside local authority area | 2.3% | 4.5% | 12.7% |
Total number of pupils with SEN resident in East of England | |||
Resident pupils | 85,098 | 58,372 | 14,435 |
School within local authority area | 83,095 | 55,639 | 13,466 |
School outside local authority area | 2,003 | 2,733 | 969 |
Total percentage of pupils with SEN resident in East of England | |||
School within local authority area | 97.6% | 95.3% | 93.3% |
School outside local authority area | 2.4% | 4.7% | 6.7% |
Total percentage of all pupils resident in East of England attending a school outside local authority area | 2.4% | 5.6% | 6.7% |
1. State-funded school pupils in national curriculum years reception to 11, includes a small number of special school pupils for whom year group is not recorded.
2. Excludes pupils who board and dual subsidiary enrolments.
3. Resident is based on the pupil’s home postcode.