Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 30 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 November 2006. It was answered by Parmjit Dhanda (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.
Special Educational Needs
- Question
- (4) what percentage of children permanently excluded from maintained schools in each of the last five years had special educational needs;
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Information is not collected centrally on the number or status of special educational needs coordinators in maintained schools.All special schools would be expected to have more than 10 per cent. of pupils with a statement of special educational needs (SEN). The available information on the maintained schools which have more than 10 per cent. of pupils with a statement of SEN has been placed in the Library. Some of these schools will have special units or specially resourced provision.Information on the local authorities which maintain statements of SEN for fewer than 2 per cent. of pupils has been placed in the Library. There are no authorities which maintain statements of SEN for more than 4 per cent. of pupils.Information on the percentage of children with special educational needs permanently excluded from maintained school in each of the five years was published in the Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England 2004-05 June 2006 available at:"http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000662/index.shtml"A table has been placed in the Library.Information on maintained primary and secondary schools which have 50 per cent. of pupils with SEN has been placed in the Library.Information was collected for the first time in 2004 on the primary and, where appropriate, secondary needs of pupils supported in school at School Action Plus or with statements of SEN. The following table shows, for the three years 2004-06, the number of pupils with statements who had behavioural, emotional and social difficulties as their primary need.There are a number of sensitivities about categorising pupils by type of SEN. It is important that anyone using the data should understand the limitations of the data's reliability and validity. The range of factors which may affect the recorded data include the local interpretation of definitions; classification of children with multiple needs; differences in diagnoses between education and health professionals and availability of school based provision.24,044 new statements were issued in 2005. The information derives from SEN2 returns made by local authorities in January each year.
Maintained primary, secondary and special schools¹: Number and percentage of pupils with behaviour, emotional and social difficulties (BESD)². Position in January each year: 2004 to 2006, England Number Percentage 2004 32,570 13.8 2005 32,290 13.9 2006 31,910 14.1 ¹Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. ²Excludes dually registered pupils. Source: Schools’ Census
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- Reference
- 451 c1754-5W;451 c1756-8W; 99090
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- 2005-06
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- Special educational needs
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