Data set from Education, health and care plans

05 - Requests, assessments, discontinued plans, 20 week timeliness, mainstream to special transfers, mediation and tribunals

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Published 13 May 2021

Last updated 13 May 2021

Data on the administration of statements and EHC plans, including; - Requests for assessment - decisions to assess - decisions to issue - 20 week timeliness - Mediation - Transfers between school types

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Education, health and care plans
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Number of rows: 1,133
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Assessments where it was decided not to issue a statement of SEN
  • Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
  • Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued
  • Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from mainstream to special settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from special to mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from mainstream to special settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from special to mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
  • Children and young people with statements who were assessed for an EHC plan and a decision not to issue an EHC plan made
  • Children and young people with statements who were issued with an EHC plan
  • EHC plan discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
  • EHC plan discontinued as transferred to another LA
  • EHC plan discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
  • EHC plan discontinued for other reasons
  • EHC plans excluding exceptions
  • EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • EHC plans including exceptions
  • EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Initial requests for an EHC plan
  • Initial requests for an EHC plan when detained in youth accomodation
  • Initial requests for assessment for a statement of SEN that were refused
  • Initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused
  • Mediation cases that have been held
  • Mediation cases that have been held which were followed by appeals to the Tribunal
  • Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
  • Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year
  • Percentage of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused during the calendar year
  • Percentage of mediation cases held which were followed by appeals to tribunal
  • Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Rate of EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
  • Statement of SEN discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
  • Statement of SEN discontinued as transferred to another LA
  • Statement of SEN discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
  • Statement of SEN discontinued for other reasons
  • Statements excluding exceptions
  • Statements excluding exceptions issued within 26 weeks
  • Statements including exceptions
  • Statements including exceptions issued within 26 weeks
  • Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for a statement of SEN at the calendar year end
  • Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for an EHC plan at the calendar year end
• Time period: 2014 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	NewallEHC	NewallEHC_pc	NewallEHC_AssnoneEHC_sum	AssnoneEHC	AssnoneEHC_pc	AssnodecisionEHC	AssRefusedEHC	AssRefusedEHC_pc	Assnone	Assnodecision	AssRefused	Mtosi	Sitom	MtoPar	SitoPar	Dislea	Dismet	Disoth	Disleft	MtosiEHC	SitomEHC	MtoParEHC	SitoParEHC	DisleaEHC	DismetEHC	DisothEHC	DisleftEHC	InreqEHC	InreqryaEHC	TotIncExcEHC	IncExc20weekEHC	IncExc20weekRate	TotNoExcEHC	NoExc20weekEHC	NoExc20weekRate	TotIncExc	IncExc26week	TotNoExc	NoExc26week	StatementstoEHC	StatementstoNoEHC	NewEHCMediation	NewEHCTribunal	NewEHCTribunal_pc
2020	Calendar year	National	E92000001	England						60097	95.0616	63219	3122	4.93839	18232	16406	21.6008	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	7514	2082	798	235	6079	526	636	13100	75951	368	59097	32863	55.6	54175	31446	58	z	z	z	z	z	z	4135	1104	26.6989
2020	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				2570	96.3268	2668	98	3.67316	743	778	22.1652	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	442	117	22	10	175	15	15	730	3510	0	2565	1732	67.5	2153	1634	75.9	z	z	z	z	z	z	299	132	44.1472
2020	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				8036	96.4127	8335	299	3.58728	1980	1819	18.5574	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	1074	259	51	33	878	64	86	1536	9802	2	7873	4751	60.3	7345	4590	62.5	z	z	z	z	z	z	527	148	28.0835
2020	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				5375	94.6803	5677	302	5.31971	1307	1406	20.7497	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	615	204	71	17	448	35	95	1319	6776	0	5257	3622	68.9	4887	3572	73.1	z	z	z	z	z	z	478	75	15.6904
2020	Calendar year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				5026	90.4282	5558	532	9.57179	1340	915	15.8882	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	z	470	199	46	20	492	20	54	1257	5759	2	4908	2671	54.4	4630	2604	56.2	z	z	z	z	z	z	390	97	24.8718

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 44 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Assnodecision	Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for a statement of SEN at the calendar year end
AssnodecisionEHC	Still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for an EHC plan at the calendar year end
Assnone	Assessments where it was decided not to issue a statement of SEN
AssnoneEHC	Assessments where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
AssnoneEHC_pc	Percentage of assessments during the calendar year where it was decided not to issue an EHC plan
AssRefused	Initial requests for assessment for a statement of SEN that were refused
AssRefusedEHC	Initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused
AssRefusedEHC_pc	Percentage of initial requests for assessment for an EHC plan that were refused during the calendar year
Dislea	Statement of SEN discontinued as transferred to another LA
DisleaEHC	EHC plan discontinued as transferred to another LA
Disleft	Statement of SEN discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
DisleftEHC	EHC plan discontinued because pupils have left school at the end of compulsory schooling or after
Dismet	Statement of SEN discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
DismetEHC	EHC plan discontinued as special needs being met without an EHC plan
Disoth	Statement of SEN discontinued for other reasons
DisothEHC	EHC plan discontinued for other reasons
IncExc20weekEHC	EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
IncExc20weekRate	Rate of EHC plans including exceptions issued within 20 weeks
IncExc26week	Statements including exceptions issued within 26 weeks
InreqEHC	Initial requests for an EHC plan
InreqryaEHC	Initial requests for an EHC plan when detained in youth accomodation
MtoPar	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
MtoParEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from mainstream settings
Mtosi	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from mainstream to special settings
MtosiEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from mainstream to special settings
NewallEHC	Children and young people assessed for whom an EHC plan was issued
NewallEHC_AssnoneEHC_sum	Children and young people assessed for whom a plan was issued and those for whom one not issued
NewallEHC_pc	Percentage of children and young people assessed for whom EHC plans were made for the first time during the calendar year
NewEHCMediation	Mediation cases that have been held
NewEHCTribunal	Mediation cases that have been held which were followed by appeals to the Tribunal
NewEHCTribunal_pc	Percentage of mediation cases held which were followed by appeals to tribunal
NoExc20weekEHC	EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
NoExc20weekRate	Rate of EHC plans excluding exceptions issued within 20 weeks
NoExc26week	Statements excluding exceptions issued within 26 weeks
Sitom	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who transferred from special to mainstream settings
SitomEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who transferred from special to mainstream settings
SitoPar	Children and young people with a statement of SEN who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
SitoParEHC	Children and young people with an EHC plan who were taken out of school by their parents to be home educated from special settings
StatementstoEHC	Children and young people with statements who were issued with an EHC plan
StatementstoNoEHC	Children and young people with statements who were assessed for an EHC plan and a decision not to issue an EHC plan made
TotIncExc	Statements including exceptions
TotIncExcEHC	EHC plans including exceptions
TotNoExc	Statements excluding exceptions
TotNoExcEHC	EHC plans excluding exceptions

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Footnotes

1. Figures for assessments still in progress correspond to the end of the calendar year, for example, the 2020 figure corresponds to those assessments still in progress at 31st December 2020

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