Map Explanation SEN

Special Educational Needs (SEN) data

The maps shows the percentage of school children reported to have special educational needs including moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorders. It is based on pupil level data collected via the School Census and Local Authority level data collected via the SEN2 survey. The source is the Department for Education website. Data is taken from the number of school pupils (including primary, secondary and special schools) with each condition. Total numbers and the rate per 1,000 total pupils were used to calculate total numbers of pupils to enable confidence intervals to be calculated.

Confidence intervals were calculated using Wilson’s method, as recommended in APHO technical briefing 3 (*)

Detail of sources:

Jan 2010:

Department of Education - DfE: Special Educational Needs in England: January 2010

Worksheet 23: State-funded primary schools: Number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) or at School Action Plus by type of need, by local authority area and region, England, January 2011

Worksheet 24: State-funded secondary schools: Number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) or at School Action Plus by type of need, by local authority area and region, England, January 2011

Worksheet 25: State-funded special schools: Number and percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs (SEN) or at School Action Plus by type of need, by local authority area and region, England, January 2011

Columns: Severe Learning Disability, Moderate Learning Difficulty, Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty & Autistic Spectrum Disorder (numbers and %)

Jan 2011:

Department of Education - DfE: Special Educational Needs in England: January 2011

Columns: Severe Learning Disability, Moderate Learning Difficulty, Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty & Autistic Spectrum Disorder (numbers and %)

URLs checked 15/11/2011

(*)Eayres D. APHO Technical Briefing 3: Commonly Used Public Health Statistics and their Confidence Intervals Available at http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=48457