Pupils: Specific Learning Difficulties
(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in state schools have a specific learning difficulty according to the latest data available.
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023
The Department publishes annual figures on Special Educational Needs (SEN) for pupils in England. The most recent figures are for January 2023 and are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england. 170,062 pupils at state funded schools in England had a specific learning difficulty as their primary type of SEN out of a total of 1,453,576 pupils with SEN.