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Special Educational Needs: Private Education

Asked by Laura TrottConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 December 2024UIN 17892

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils with SEND who currently attend independent schools do not have an Education, Health and Care plan.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

The number and proportion of pupils in independent schools with special educational needs who do not have an education, health and care plan is published annually in the statistical release ‘Special educational needs in England’. The release can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england.

The information requested can be found in the section titled ‘Pupils with special educational needs in schools’.

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