Information on the number and percentage of pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in schools is published in a Statistical First Release “Special Educational Needs in England, January 2007” and is available on the Department’s Research and Statistics Gateway at:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000732/index.shtml
Pupils with statements of SEN Up to 2% 2% up to 5% 5% up to 10% 10% and above Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Total number of schools England 12,875 74.2 3,827 22.0 544 3.1 111 0.6 17,357 North East 727 79.2 163 17.8 18 2.0 10 1.1 918 North West 1,774 69.5 644 25.2 113 4.4 23 0.9 2,554 Yorkshire and the Humber 1,451 77.5 375 20.0 42 2.2 4 0.2 1,872 East Midlands 1,298 76.5 324 19.1 65 3.8 9 0.5 1,696 West Midlands 1,444 79.0 345 18.9 33 1.8 7 0.4 1,829 East of England 1,428 69.4 553 26.9 64 3.1 13 0.6 2,058 London 1,287 70.6 468 25.7 54 3.0 14 0.8 1,823 Inner London 471 67.8 200 28.8 16 2.3 8 1.2 695 Outer London 816 72.3 268 23.8 38 3.4 6 0.5 1,128 South East 2,075 77.8 487 18.3 84 3.1 21 0.8 2,667 South West 1,391 71.7 468 24.1 71 3.7 10 0.5 1,940
Up to 5% 5% up to 25% 25% up to 35% 35% up to 50% 50% and above Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Total number of schools England 602 3.5 13,507 77.8 2,421 13.9 715 4.1 112 0.6 17,357 North East 39 4.2 664 72.3 155 16.9 47 5.1 13 1.4 918 North West 132 5.2 1,994 78.1 327 12.8 93 3.6 8 0.3 2,554 Yorkshire and the Humber 76 4.1 1,495 79.9 227 12.1 68 3.6 6 0.3 1,872 East Midlands 48 2.8 1,344 79.2 223 13.1 72 4.2 9 0.5 1,696 West Midlands 46 2.5 1,447 79.1 264 14.4 67 3.7 5 0.3 1,829 East of England 67 3.3 1,679 81.6 237 11.5 59 2.9 16 0.8 2,058 London 35 1.9 1,365 74.9 333 18.3 86 4.7 4 0.2 1,823 Inner London 6 0.9 503 72.4 145 20.9 40 5.8 1 0.1 695 Outer London 29 2.6 862 76.4 188 16.7 46 4.1 3 0.3 1,128 South East 87 3.3 1,971 73.9 420 15.7 154 5.8 35 1.3 2,667 South West 72 3.7 1,548 79.8 235 12.1 69 3.6 16 0.8 1,940 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Schools banded by the proportion of school population with SEN. 3 Number of primary schools by proportion of school population with SEN expressed as a percentage of all primary schools. 4 Pupils with SEN include both pupils with statements and those identified by schools as having SEN who do not have statements. Source: School Census
Pupils with statements of SEN Up to 2% 2% up to 5% 5% up to 10% 10% and above Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Total number of schools England 1,667 49.9 1,513 45.3 157 4.7 6 0.2 3,343 North East 106 51.7 89 43.4 9 4.4 1 0.5 205 North West 201 43.0 232 49.7 33 7.1 1 0.2 467 Yorkshire and the Humber 163 51.3 142 44.7 13 4.1 0 0.0 318 East Midlands 150 50.2 131 43.8 17 5.7 1 0.3 299 West Midlands 167 40.7 221 53.9 21 5.1 1 0.2 410 East of England 233 54.8 173 40.7 19 4.5 0 0.0 425 London 172 43.5 204 51.6 18 4.6 1 0.3 395 Inner London 44 34.4 74 57.8 10 7.8 0 0.0 128 Outer London 128 47.9 130 48.7 8 3.0 1 0.4 267 South East 292 58.2 189 37.6 20 4.0 1 0.2 502 South West 183 56.8 132 41.0 7 2.2 0 0.0 322
Up to 5% 5% up to 25% 25% up to 35% 35% up to 50% 50% and above Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Number of schools %3 Total number of schools England 202 6.0 2,540 76.0 415 12.4 153 4.6 33 1.0 3,343 North East 6 2.9 166 81.0 25 12.2 8 3.9 0 0.0 205 North West 33 7.1 355 76.0 53 11.3 20 4.3 6 1.3 467 Yorkshire and the Humber 11 3.5 249 78.3 43 13.5 15 4.7 0 0.0 318 East Midlands 15 5.0 236 78.9 37 12.4 8 2.7 3 1.0 299 West Midlands 24 5.9 310 75.6 53 12.9 20 4.9 3 0.7 410 East of England 17 4.0 354 83.3 46 10.8 7 1.6 1 0.2 425 London 29 7.3 256 64.8 72 18.2 30 7.6 8 2.0 395 Inner London 2 1.6 79 61.7 27 21.1 17 13.3 3 2.3 128 Outer London 27 10.1 177 66.3 45 16.9 13 4.9 5 1.9 267 South East 40 8.0 353 70.3 62 12.4 36 7.2 11 2.2 502 South West 27 8.4 261 81.1 24 7.5 9 2.8 1 0.3 322 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Schools banded by the proportion of school population with SEN. 3 Number of primary schools by proportion of school population with SEN expressed as a percentage of all primary schools. 4 Pupils with SEN include both pupils with statements and those identified by schools as having SEN who do not have statements. Source: School Census