Department for Education written question – answered at on 5 August 2024.
Jonathan Pearce
Labour, High Peak
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of how many children in High Peak Constituency have been identified as having Special Education Needs.
Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State (Education)
The special educational needs (SEN) publication publishes data on pupils with SEN support or education, health and care (EHC) plans. This publication can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england.
The figures requested are derivable from the underlying school data and have been summarised in the table below:
Pupils with SEN in High Peak Constituency, January 2024
Pupils by SEN type | Total number | Total Proportion |
Total pupils | 12,304 | 100% |
SEN support | 1,787 | 14.5% |
EHC plan | 526 | 4.3% |
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