Question follow-through · 35714

Special Educational Needs: Academies and Maintained Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of children identified with special educational needs in (a) local authority maintained schools and (b) academies.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the level of children identified with special educational needs in (a) local authority maintained schools and (b) academies.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the numbers of pupils in schools in England with education, health and care (EHC) plans, and special educational needs (SEN) without an EHC plan, by the type of school attended in the academic years 2015/16 to 2023/24, is available at: http...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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