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Children with Special Educational Needs 2010: An Analysis

Summary: The Special Educational Needs (SEN) Information Act (2008) required the Secretary of State to publish information about children in England with special educational needs to help improve the well-being of these children.

The Department of Education and Department for Business Innovation and Skills published an analysis of Children with Special Educational Needs.

This is the second statistical publication that has been developed to meet the requirements of the Act. This publication includes new information on pupils with SEN alongside further interpretation of existing findings. There are new sections on looked after children with SEN, as well as reasons why pupils with SEN are absent and excluded from school and information on the types of school attended by pupils with SEN. All figures are provided at national level, with some Regional and Local Authority level information. The publication is divided into the following six key themes with data derived from a range of sources, including the School Census and National Pupil Database:

  • Theme 1: Characteristics of pupils with SEN.
  • Themes 2 to 5: Attainment of pupils with SEN.
  • Theme 6: Absence and exclusions from school of pupils with SEN.

 

The Government is determined to improve the outcomes achieved by children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). The information in this publication will help teachers, parents, school governing bodies, local authorities and those they work with to assess the quality and efficiency of the provision they make with a view to improving those outcomes. The publication draws together data from a number of key public data sets and is part of a drive to improve transparency, especially for parents. The forthcoming Green Paper on SEN and disability will consider how information for parents of children and young people with SEN and disabilities can be further improved.

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