Special Educational Needs: Buckingham
(asked on 6th December 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for education, health and care plans were (a) requested by parents and (b) signed off by Buckinghamshire Council for students in the Buckingham constituency in each of the last five years.
The data on requests and issuing of education, health and care plans (EHCPs) are not collected by parliamentary constituency, or by who the requestor is for the plan. The answer provided is based on all requests made to the Buckinghamshire local authority. The number of requests received, and plans issued by Buckinghamshire local authority, are detailed below.
Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Requests for EHCP | 680 | 658 | 888 | 940 | 940 |
New EHCPs issued | 447 | 300 | 628 | 674 | 592 |
The tables below show the number of permanent exclusions and suspensions for pupils with and without special educational needs (SEN) in Buckingham constituency between the 2015/16 and 2019/20 academic years.
Permanent Exclusions
Academic year | All pupils | Pupils without SEN | SEN with EHCP or statement | SEN without EHCP or statement |
2019/20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
2018/19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
2017/18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2016/17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2015/16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Suspensions
Academic year | All pupils | Pupils without SEN | SEN with EHCP or statement | SEN without EHCP or statement |
2019/20 | 503 | 261 | 98 | 144 |
2018/19 | 696 | 330 | 115 | 251 |
2017/18 | 423 | 146 | 64 | 213 |
2016/17 | 457 | 234 | 67 | 156 |
2015/16 | 283 | 133 | 53 | 97 |