Data set from Special educational needs in England

SEN by ethnicity, FSM, year group and primary need

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Published 12 June 2025

Last updated 23 February 2026

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and AP schools by SEN provision, ethnicity, free school meal eligibility, year group and primary type of need.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• Release: Academic year 2024/25
• Number of rows: 293,037
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Education, Health and Care plan
  • Education, Health and Care plan (%)
  • Headcount
  • No SEN provision
  • No SEN provision (%)
  • SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan
  • SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan (%)
• Filters:
  • Free school meal eligibility
  • Major ethnic group
  • Minor ethnic group
  • National curriculum year
  • Primary type of need
  • Sex
• Time period: 2022/23 to 2024/25

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	ethnicity_major	ethnicity_minor	fsm_eligible_status	sex	pupil_nc_year	sen_primary_need	total_pupils	ehc_plans	sen_support	no_sen_provision	ehc_plans_percent	sen_support_percent	no_sen_provision_percent
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Any other ethnic group	Any other ethnic group	FSM Eligible	Female	1	Autistic Spectrum Disorder	34	25	9	0	73.53	26.47	0
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Any other ethnic group	Any other ethnic group	FSM Eligible	Female	1	Hearing Impairment	6	4	2	0	66.67	33.33	0
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Any other ethnic group	Any other ethnic group	FSM Eligible	Female	1	Missing	2139	0	0	2139	0	0	100
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Any other ethnic group	Any other ethnic group	FSM Eligible	Female	1	Moderate Learning Difficulty	27	2	25	0	7.41	92.59	0
202223	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Any other ethnic group	Any other ethnic group	FSM Eligible	Female	1	Multi- Sensory Impairment	2	0	2	0	0	100	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 13 variables

Variable name	Variable description
ehc_plans	Education, Health and Care plan
ehc_plans_percent	Education, Health and Care plan (%)
ethnicity_major	Major ethnic group - Filter by major ethnic group
ethnicity_minor	Minor ethnic group - Filter by minor ethnic group
fsm_eligible_status	Free school meal eligibility - Filter by FSM eligibility status
no_sen_provision	No SEN provision
no_sen_provision_percent	No SEN provision (%)
pupil_nc_year	National curriculum year - Filter by year group
sen_primary_need	Primary type of need - Filter by primary type of need
sen_support	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan
sen_support_percent	SEN support / SEN without an EHC plan (%)
sex	Sex - Filter by sex
total_pupils	Headcount

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Contact us

If you have a specific enquiry about SEN by ethnicity, FSM, year group and primary need statistics and data:

Special educational needs statistics team

Email: sen.statistics@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Ricardo Hayward

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