Pupils with additional learning or special educational needs by local authority, region and type of provision

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SEN Provision

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Statemented Pupils for whom the Authority maintains a statement of special educational needs under Part iv of the Education Act 1996. A statement may be issued by the LA after assessment of a child’s needs.

Pupils for whom the Authority maintains a statement of special educational needs under Part iv of the Education Act 1996. A statement may be issued by the LA after assessment of a child’s needs.

School Action When a class or subject teacher identify that a pupil has special educational needs they provide interventions that are additional to or different from those provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum.

When a class or subject teacher identify that a pupil has special educational needs they provide interventions that are additional to or different from those provided as part of the school’s usual curriculum.

School Action Plus $When the class or subject teacher and the SEN Co-ordinator are provided with advice or support from outside specialists, so that alternative interventions additional or different to those provided for the pupil through \'School Action\' can be put in place.$

School maintained individual development plan Statutory plan created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021.

Statutory plan created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021.

Local authority maintained individual development plan Statutory plan created under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, which came into force on 1 September 2021.

Isle of Anglesey

305

1,900

1,020

1,025

840

Gwynedd

935

2,525

2,585

1,555

1,105

Conwy

880

1,840

2,840

685

590

Denbighshire

1,065

2,030

2,455

530

Numbers greater than zero but less than five.

Flintshire

1,760

3,455

1,880

1,200

160

Wrexham

1,715

2,245

1,340

975

105

Powys

980

5,530

2,120

1,365

Ceredigion

265

1,690

1,045

785

Pembrokeshire

935

4,495

2,685

540

Carmarthenshire

1,695

7,650

4,295

1,370

Swansea

3,955

7,920

5,330

1,795

Neath Port Talbot

3,045

3,180

2,540

1,185

Bridgend

890

1,340

1,490

1,920

395

Vale of Glamorgan

1,130

2,600

1,730

2,250

505

Rhondda Cynon Taf

2,925

1,375

1,610

1,405

875

Merthyr Tydfil

610

930

1,845

350

295

Caerphilly

1,695

4,315

4,040

745

100

Blaenau Gwent

595

1,380

1,270

170

315

Torfaen

535

2,540

2,740

805

240

Monmouthshire

635

2,240

1,795

355

Newport

2,590

4,080

3,635

850

410

Cardiff

4,505

2,775

2,785

5,060

105

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Title

Pupils with Special Educational Needs by local authority, region and type of provision

Last update

31/07/2024

Next update

July 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

See other items

Data collection and calculation

Schools’ data are derived from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) returns and STATS 1 returns supplied by schools open on Census day in January each year. The returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

From 2003/04 or more recently if the data item is not available for earlier years.

Rounding applied

None.

Statistical quality

School Census returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Whilst most of the usual data validation processes on the 2020 school census data have taken place, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the data did not undergo the usual final validation process. As part of the Welsh Local Government Finance Settlement, the data is usually returned to local authorities for final validation. Typically, overall numbers of pupils and teachers will not change significantly during this period, with the most likely change being in the characteristics of the pupils themselves e.g. free school meal entitlement. Users should therefore be more cautious when comparing data on characteristics of pupils and staff over time, in particular where small cohorts are involved.

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SCHS0260