Special Educational Needs: Liverpool
(asked on 21st November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils are registered with (a) high and complex needs and (b) special educational needs in (i) Liverpool and (ii) Liverpool Walton.
The information requested can be found in the table below:
Number of pupils with special educational needs, based on where the pupil attends school, January 2016, England (1) (2)
| Total pupils | Pupils with statement or EHC plan (3) | Pupils on SEN support | Total pupils with SEN | |||
Number | % (4) | Number | % (4) | Number | % (4) | ||
ENGLAND | 8,559,540 | 236,806 | 2.8 | 991,981 | 11.6 | 1,228,787 | 14.4 |
Liverpool local authority | 71,183 | 1,702 | 2.4 | 10,777 | 15.1 | 12,479 | 17.5 |
Liverpool Walton constituency | 16,473 | 467 | 2.8 | 2,852 | 17.3 | 3,319 | 20.1 |
Source: School Census
(1) Includes maintained and direct grant nursery schools, maintained primary and secondary schools, city technology colleges, primary and secondary academies including free schools, special schools, special academies including free schools, pupil referral units, general hospital schools, alternative provision academies including free schools and independent schools.
(2) Includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations.
(3) Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans were introduced from September 2014 as part of a range of SEND reforms.
(4) Expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in all schools.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1.