Special Educational Needs
(asked on 5th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, based on the most recent data available, how many and what proportion of people with a special educational needs (SEN) statement are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds; how many and what proportion of people with SEN but without a statement are BME; how many and what proportion of people with an autism spectrum disorder who possess an SEN statement are BME; how many and what proportion of people with an autism spectrum disorder but without an SEN statement are BME; and how the figures have changed over the past three years.
The available information is given in the table.
Number and percentage of compulsory school age pupils(1), (2) and those with a primary need of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, with special educational needs (SEN) and ethnicity(3) , January 2011 to January 2013
All pupils | Pupils with a primary need | |||||
Total | BME(4) | Percentage | Total | BME(4) | Percentage | |
Statement of | ||||||
2011 | 203,560 | 43,990 | 21.6 | 40,080 | 9,180 | 22.9 |
2012 | 204,165 | 46,195 | 22.6 | 42,140 | 10,105 | 24.0 |
2013 | 206,060 | 48,495 | 23.5 | 44,585 | 11,165 | 25.0 |
SEN without a | ||||||
2011 | 1,305,930 | 333,455 | 25.5 | .. | .. | .. |
2012 | 1,242,160 | 325,195 | 26.2 | .. | .. | .. |
2013 | 1,166,095 | 309,990 | 26.6 | .. | .. | .. |
Of which School | ||||||
2011 | 455,480 | 107,175 | 23.5 | 17,465 | 2,620 | 15.0 |
2012 | 440,410 | 107,335 | 24.4 | 19,615 | 3,125 | 15.9 |
2013 | 424,075 | 105,330 | 24.8 | 21,185 | 3,525 | 16.6 |
Source: School Census
.. not available
Figures rounded to the nearest 5.
(1) Includes sole or dual main registrations at state-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools.
(2) Ethnicity is only collected for children who are of compulsory school age.
(3) Ethnicity is unreported for around 2% of pupils.
(4) Black and minority ethnic groups (BME) includes all reported ethnicities excluding White British.
(5) Primary need is only collected for pupils at School Action Plus or with a statement of special educational need.
Figures are published annually in the Statistical First Release ‘Special Educational Needs in England' and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2013.