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Number of children in need with Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support (4847) Metric type
- Help text
- This is the number of school aged children in need (CIN) with Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support.
Children are counted as being in need once a child has been referred to children's social care and an assessment has been carried out to identify if the child is in need of services, which local authorities have an obligation to provide under section 17 of the Children Act 1989. These services can include, for example, family support (to help keep together families experiencing difficulties), leaving care support (to help young people who have left local authority care), adoption support or disabled children's services (including social care, education and health provision).
From 2015 SEN support replaces school action and school action plus but some pupils remain with these provision types in first year of transition. SEN Support is when extra or different help is given from that provided as part of the school?s usual curriculum. The class teacher and SEN Coordinator (SENCO) may receive advice or support from outside specialists.
School age refers to children in need aged 5 to 16 inclusive. Age calculated at 31 March. Figures excludes children who were looked after at any point during year, but includes looked after children who were also the subject of a child protection plan during the year.
England totals have been rounded to the nearest 100 and do not include estimates for missing data.
- Modified
- 22 Apr 2024
- Data last updated
- 23 Apr 2024
- Short label
- CIN, number with SEN Support
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Children in need
- Dataset
- School age children in need at 31 March by special educational needs (SEN)
- Source
- Department for Education
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