Special Educational Needs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with SEND are out of education.
Answered by Georgia Gould
The department publishes data on compulsory school-aged children missing education (children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education). In autumn 2025/26, local authorities in England reported 34,700 children missing education.
Of this total, just under 8% of children were recorded as requiring SEN support and just over 8% were recorded as having an education, health and care plan. This compares with 14% and 5%, for the overall school population.
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