Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of secondary school pupils with an education, health and care plan who entered (a) further education, (b) apprenticeships and (c) employment after leaving secondary school in each of the last five years.

Information about the number of pupils with an education, health and care (EHC) plan that continued in education, apprenticeships, or employment after leaving key stage 4 from state-funded mainstream and special schools, in the last five years, is available in a table which can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/cbd7302c-53d4-4482-7d59-08dafabf1de8.

Destination data is also available for students that reached the end of 16 to 18 study, but it does not include a specific breakdown by EHC plan. In this data, information on special educational needs (SEN) eligibility status is based on data recorded by state-funded mainstream schools during 16 to 18 study only and does not cover the entire cohort of young people studying at post-16, which includes FE colleges. This data can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/0971ad6a-eef8-4874-7d5b-08dafabf1de8.