Data set from Special educational needs in England

04 - Year group, by type of SEN provision and type of need - 2016 to 2021

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Published 24 June 2021

Last updated 24 June 2021

Number of pupils in state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units by SEN provision, type of need and national curriculum year.

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Data set details

• Theme: Pupils and schools
• Publication: Special educational needs in England
• Release: Academic year 2020/21
• Number of rows: 187,603
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Early years
  • Early years (%)
  • Headcount
  • National curriculum not followed
  • National curriculum not followed (%)
  • Reception
  • Reception (%)
  • Year group 1
  • Year group 1 (%)
  • Year group 10
  • Year group 10 (%)
  • Year group 11
  • Year group 11 (%)
  • Year group 12
  • Year group 12 (%)
  • Year group 13
  • Year group 13 (%)
  • Year group 14
  • Year group 14 (%)
  • Year group 2
  • Year group 2 (%)
  • Year group 3
  • Year group 3 (%)
  • Year group 4
  • Year group 4 (%)
  • Year group 5
  • Year group 5 (%)
  • Year group 6
  • Year group 6 (%)
  • Year group 7
  • Year group 7 (%)
  • Year group 8
  • Year group 8 (%)
  • Year group 9
  • Year group 9 (%)
• Filters:
  • Phase type of school
  • Primary type of need
  • SEN provision
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_name	region_code	old_la_code	la_name	new_la_code	phase_type_grouping	pupil_sen_status	primary_need	number_of_pupils	nc_early_years	nc_reception	nc_year_1	nc_year_2	nc_year_3	nc_year_4	nc_year_5	nc_year_6	nc_year_7	nc_year_8	nc_year_9	nc_year_10	nc_year_11	nc_year_12	nc_year_13	nc_year_14	nc_not_followed	nc_early_years_percent	nc_reception_percent	nc_year_1_percent	nc_year_2_percent	nc_year_3_percent	nc_year_4_percent	nc_year_5_percent	nc_year_6_percent	nc_year_7_percent	nc_year_8_percent	nc_year_9_percent	nc_year_10_percent	nc_year_11_percent	nc_year_12_percent	nc_year_13_percent	nc_year_14_percent	nc_not_followed_percent
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East of England	E12000006	926	Norfolk	E10000020	Pupil referral unit	Statement or EHC	Moderate Learning Difficulty	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East of England	E12000006	926	Norfolk	E10000020	Pupil referral unit	Statement or EHC	Specific Learning Difficulty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East of England	E12000006	926	Norfolk	E10000020	State-funded nursery	SEN Support	Social, Emotional and Mental Health	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East of England	E12000006	926	Norfolk	E10000020	State-funded primary	SEN Support	Other Difficulty/Disability	263	7	16	17	20	48	34	49	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.661596958	6.08365019	6.463878327	7.604562738	18.25095057	12.92775665	18.63117871	27.37642586	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
202021	Academic year	Local authority	E92000001	England	East of England	E12000006	926	Norfolk	E10000020	State-funded primary	No SEN	Total	56083	2714	8068	7729	7477	7606	7667	7565	7257	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.839256103	14.38582102	13.78135977	13.33202575	13.56204197	13.67080934	13.48893604	12.93975001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 38 variables

Variable name	Variable description
nc_early_years	Early years
nc_early_years_percent	Early years (%)
nc_not_followed	National curriculum not followed
nc_not_followed_percent	National curriculum not followed (%)
nc_reception	Reception
nc_reception_percent	Reception (%)
nc_year_1	Year group 1
nc_year_1_percent	Year group 1 (%)
nc_year_10	Year group 10
nc_year_10_percent	Year group 10 (%)
nc_year_11	Year group 11
nc_year_11_percent	Year group 11 (%)
nc_year_12	Year group 12
nc_year_12_percent	Year group 12 (%)
nc_year_13	Year group 13
nc_year_13_percent	Year group 13 (%)
nc_year_14	Year group 14
nc_year_14_percent	Year group 14 (%)
nc_year_2	Year group 2
nc_year_2_percent	Year group 2 (%)
nc_year_3	Year group 3
nc_year_3_percent	Year group 3 (%)
nc_year_4	Year group 4
nc_year_4_percent	Year group 4 (%)
nc_year_5	Year group 5
nc_year_5_percent	Year group 5 (%)
nc_year_6	Year group 6
nc_year_6_percent	Year group 6 (%)
nc_year_7	Year group 7
nc_year_7_percent	Year group 7 (%)
nc_year_8	Year group 8
nc_year_8_percent	Year group 8 (%)
nc_year_9	Year group 9
nc_year_9_percent	Year group 9 (%)
number_of_pupils	Headcount
phase_type_grouping	Phase type of school - Phase (primary, secondary, special, PRU, independent)
primary_need	Primary type of need - (ASD, HI, VI…)
pupil_sen_status	SEN provision - EHC plan/Statement of SEN or SEN support/School Action/School Action plus

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Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools

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