Education and Skills written question – answered at on 7 January 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Leeds, West aged (a) 0 to 5, (b) 5 to 11, (c) 11 to 16 and (d) 16 to 18 were diagnosed as having (i) severe learning difficulties and (ii) moderate learning difficulties at the latest date for which figures are available.
The information requested is not collected centrally at the moment.
There is currently no requirement for schools to submit information in the Annual Schools Census on the nature of such pupils' disability or learning difficulty. However, in June 2001, the Department carried out a pilot study involving a sample of 200 mainstream and special schools to assess whether it would be possible to collect data from schools on a broad range of types of Special Education Needs (SEN). It is likely that schools and local education authorities will be asked to provide this information from January 2004.
The available information on the total number of pupils with SEN in Leeds, West parliamentary constituency is shown in the table.
Under 5 | Aged 5 to 10 | Aged 11 to 15 | 16 and over | Total | |
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Pupils with statements of SEN | |||||
Maintained primary schools | 15 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 173 |
Maintained secondary schools | 0 | 0 | 190 | 6 | 196 |
Maintained special schools | 6 | 30 | 134 | 24 | 194 |
Total maintained schools | 21 | 187 | 325 | 30 | 563 |
SEN pupils without statements | |||||
Maintained primary schools | 161 | 1,495 | 2 | 0 | 1,658 |
Maintained secondary schools | 0 | 0 | 841 | 20 | 861 |
Maintained special schools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Total maintained schools | 161 | 1,495 | 843 | 20 | 2,519 |
Source
Annual schools census.
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