Children in Care: Special Educational Needs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many previously looked after children subject to a) a special guardianship order and b) a children arrangements order have i) SEN support and ii) an EHC plan.
Answered by Josh MacAlister
The department does not hold information on special educational need (SEN) status for children looked after (CLA) who are in a foster placement with a relative or friend, or on SEN primary type of need for CLA who are in a foster placement with a relative or friend.
Table 1 (attached) gives counts of the primary type of need for state-funded school pupils with SEN who were previously looked after (PLA) and subject to a special guardianship order or a child arrangements order. This information is from the January 2025 school census collection.
Table 2 (attached) gives the number and proportion of state-funded pupils who were PLA and subject to a special guardianship order or a child arrangements order who had an education, health and care plan or SEN Support as of January 2025.
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