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Pupils

Volume 489: debated on Friday 13 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of school pupils had (a) statemented, (b) non-statemented and (c) no special educational needs in each of the last five years. (262357)

The information requested is given in the following table:

Statemented SEN pupils, non-statemented SEN pupils and pupils with no SEN as a proportion of all pupils in all schools1, 2—Position in January each year 2004-08: England

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Pupils on roll

8,334,880

8,274,470

8,215,690

8,149,180

8,102,190

(a) Pupils with SEN statements

247,590

242,580

236,750

229,110

223,610

Incidence (percentage)3

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

2.8

(b) Pupils with SEN without statements

1,197,490

1,230,800

1,293,250

1,333,430

1,390,670

Incidence (percentage)4

14.4

14.9

15.7

16.4

17.2

(c) Pupils with no SEN

6,889,800

6,801,090

6,685,690

6,586,640

6,487,910

Incidence (percentage)5

82.7

82.2

81.4

80.8

80.1

1 Excluding dually registered pupils.

2 Including general hospital schools but note that data for pupils with SEN without statements is not collected from these schools. Incidence rates are not significantly affected.

3 Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with statements expressed as a proportion of the number of pupils on roll.

4 Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with SEN without statements expressed as a proportion of pupils on roll.

5 Incidence of pupils—the number of pupils with no SEN expressed as a proportion of pupils on roll.

Note:

Totals may not appear to equal the sum of the component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

School census

Figures on SEN pupils with and without statements are taken from tables 1a and 1b of the Statistical First Release on Special Educational Needs in England: January 2008, accessible via the following link:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000794/index.shtrril.