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Proportion of children and young people with a statement or Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan placed in: mainstream school academy (SEN unit) (8991) Metric type
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- This is the total number of children and young people (aged 0-25) with a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) or an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan placed in a 'mainstream school academy (SEN unit)'. This is expressed as a percentage of total children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN, or EHC plan. Figures taken on January school census date.
EHC plans were introduced from September 2014 as part of a range of SEND reforms. A pupil has a statement of SEN or an EHC plan when a local authority issues one following a formal assessment. This document sets out the child's needs and the extra help they should receive.
Academies are state-funded independent schools that are accountable to the Secretary of State for the management of the school through a legally-binding Funding Agreement. Convertor academies, i.e. previously Maintained Primary and Secondary schools which converted to an academy, are included in this figure as are pupils who attend resourced provision or SEN Units within academies. Free Schools are local schools funded by the Government, but have greater freedoms than local authority run schools. They are run by teachers and have freedom over things like the length of the school day, the curriculum, and how they spend their money.
The method for collecting data on establishments has changed from previous years. Previously, local authorities provided data on the number of EHC plans where the child or young person was attending through a set list of establishment types. From 2023, information on the specific establishment has been recorded, with either the Unique Reference Number (URN), UK Provider Reference Number or where neither are applicable, a specific category recorded. As a result of this change, caution should be taken when comparing across years by establishment types.
From 2023, the data collection changed from aggregated figures at local authority level, to a person level collection. This has been a major change in approach and as such care should be taken with comparisons across this period.
- Modified
- 19 Jun 2023
- Data last updated
- 19 Jun 2023
- Short label
- % of CYP with statement or EHC plan placed in: mainstream school academy (SEN unit)
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 1
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Per cent
- Dataset
- Children and young people with statements of SEN or EHC Plan by placement
- Collection
- Statements of SEN and EHC plans England
- Source
- Department for Education
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