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Special Educational Needs: High Peak

Asked by Jon PearceLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 5 August 2024UIN 2017

The question

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.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

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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