DfE statistical publications and guidance relating to SEND and AP data
Alternative provision census guidance. How local authorities should submit data for the alternative provision (AP) census.
Education, health and care plans in England 2025. This publication provides information on both the numbers of children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan as at January each year, and the number of children and young people progressing through each stage of the EHC plan process during the preceding calendar year. This publication is based on data collected in the SEN2 data collection and covers all children and young people with an EHC plan of ages 0 to 25, including those where the child or young person attends early years settings, further education or is educated other than in school.
Special educational needs in England 2024/25. This release contains figures on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) including their type of SEN provision, type of need, age, national curriculum year group, sex, ethnicity, English as a first language and free school meal eligibility. This publication combines information from the January (spring) school census (state-funded schools), school level annual school census (independent schools) and general hospital school census.
Education statistics glossary
Education statistics methodologies
Special educational needs and disability: an analysis and summary of data sources. Data analysis and links to statistical release data sources on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability.
Special educational needs person level survey: report specifications. The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Special educational needs survey: guide to submitting data. How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
