Education, health and care plans
Reporting year 2026

Data guidance

Description of the data sets included in this release, including information on data sources, coverage, quality and any data conventions used.

Description

This document describes the data included in the Education, health and care (EHC) plans National Statistics release’s underlying data files. This data is released under the terms of the Open Government License and is intended to meet at least 3 stars for Open Data. The methodology document should be referenced alongside this data. It provides information on the data sources, their coverage and quality as well as explaining methodology used in producing the data.

Coverage

This release provides information on various stages of the EHC plan process including:

- The number of active EHC plans at January of the calendar year
- The number of new EHC plans issued during previous calendar year
- The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment received during the previous calendar year
- The number of EHC needs assessments completed during in the previous calendar year
- The type of primary need named in the EHC plan, for both active EHC plans at January and new plans issued during the previous calendar year
- The number of plans issued with the statutory timeframe during the previous calendar year
- The number of EHC plans where a personal budget is in place
- The number of work based placements - this includes supported internships, apprenticeships and traineeships.
- The number of residential placements
- The number of annual reviews and phase transfers
- The number of plans which ceased during the the previous calendar year

Data sources

In 2023 the source of data on EHC plans changed. Prior to 2023 the data collection was local authority level  with aggregated data being collected for a range of indicators and outcomes from each local authority.

In 2023 the collection changed to individual level. The local authority returns information on:

- Each request for an EHC needs assessments and its outcome
- Each EHC needs assessment carried out and its outcome
- The content of all plans, this includes the type of special educational need, the setting named in plan, the setting attended, the date the plan started or ceased, annual reviews which have taken place and features of the plan such as personal budgets and residential placements.
- Personal details of the child or young person with a request, assessment or plan in place

This individual level data is then aggregated to calculate national, regional and local authority totals.

This change in data source has necessitated a change in how figures are presented and how the time series of data is shown. Some data items collected in the pre-2023 aggregate collection are no longer available while the individual data now collected allows a much richer and increased range of detailed analysis to be produced. As such there has been a break in the time series. In 2014, changes to the SEN code of Practice (opens in new tab) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25) replaced statements of special educational needs (SEN) and Learning Difficulty Assessments (LDAs) with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. Those with a statement of SEN were converted to EHC plans. This process was completed by 2018. Therefore the time series included in this publication begins at 2019. Data for the years prior to 2019 remains available.   The 2024 edition of this statistical release (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans/2024) includes information on EHC plans prior to 2019 plus information on statements of SEN for each year from 2010. Where previous data exists figures have been given to provide a time series of covering each of the 7 years from 2018/19.

File formats and conventions

The dataset and outputs have not had suppression or rounding applied

The following convention is used throughout the underlying data.

z - Not applicable

x - unavailable

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-catalogue?publicationId=88312cc0-fe1d-4ab5-81df-33fd708185cb&releaseVersionId=2e60aacd-d46c-416a-af4d-9d2269506ff6).

Data files

Education, health and care plans as at January each year

Filename: caseload.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26
Content summary: The number of EHC plans active at January, including information on setting attended. It is available by age at the start of each academic year, the age when plan started, ethnicity, sex and length of plan. Data is shown on an academic year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                                 |  Variable description
--------------------------------------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ap_pru_academy                                |  Alternative provision academies
ap_pru_free_school                            |  Alternative provision free schools
ap_pru_la_maintained                          |  Pupil referral units
ap_pru_total                                  |  Total alternative provision
ap_pru_total_pc                               |  Total percentage alternative provision
await_prov_2022                               |  Awaiting provision (pre 2023 only)
breakdown                                     |  Characteristics of child or young person with EHC plan - Filter by characteristics of child or young person with an EHC plan, years plan in place or the setting attended
ed_elsewhere                                  |  Total educated elsewhere
ed_elsewhere_pc                               |  Total percentage educated elsewhere
ehcplans                                      |  Total number of EHC plans
elective_home_education                       |  Elective home education
fe_total                                      |  Total further education and post 16
fe_total_pc                                   |  Total percentage further education and post 16
general_fe_tertiary_colleges                  |  FE colleges and sixth forms
mainstream_academy                            |  Mainstream academies
mainstream_academy_resourced_provision        |  Mainstream academies - resourced provision
mainstream_academy_senunit                    |  Mainstream academies - SEN units
mainstream_free_school                        |  Mainstream free schools
mainstream_free_school_resourced_provision    |  Mainstream free schools - resourced provision
mainstream_free_school_senunit                |  Mainstream free schools - SEN units
mainstream_independent                        |  Mainstream independent schools
mainstream_la_maintained                      |  Mainstream LA maintained schools
mainstream_la_maintained_resourced_provision  |  Mainstream LA maintained schools - resourced provision
mainstream_la_maintained_senunit              |  Mainstream LA maintained schools - SEN units
mainstream_total                              |  Total mainstream schools
mainstream_total_pc                           |  Total percentage mainstream schools
neet                                          |  Not in employment, education or training
neet_ntci                                     |  Not in education or training – notice to cease issued
neet_other                                    |  Not in education or training – other age groups
neet_other_csa                                |  Not in education or training – compulsory school age
nm_early_years                                |  Non maintained early years
nm_early_years_pc                             |  Non maintained early years percentage
online_provider                               |  Online providers
other_arrangements_la                         |  Other arrangements made by LA
other_arrangements_parents                    |  Other arrangements made by parents
other_placement_settings                      |  Other types of placement
other_schools                                 |  Other school types
perm_ex_2022                                  |  Permanently excluded (pre 2023 only)
placement_unknown                             |  Placement not recorded
placement_unknown_pc                          |  Placement not recorded percentage
special_academy                               |  Special academies
special_free_school                           |  Special free schools
special_independent                           |  Independent special schools
special_la_maintained                         |  LA maintained special schools
special_non_maintained                        |  Non maintained special schools
special_total                                 |  Total special schools
special_total_pc                              |  Total percentage special schools
specialist_post_16_institutions               |  Specialist post 16 establishments
ukrlp_provider                                |  UKRLP providers
w_settings                                    |  Welsh schools and establishments

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Cambridgeshire and North East Lincolnshire were not able to return placements for significant numbers of plans for 2025. Brighton and Hove, and Wolverhampton, made significant numbers of errors in the data as to placement attended. Placement attended has been suppressed for these local authorities in 2025.
3. Figures for 2024 include the total number of EHC plans for Hackney and Peterborough. Both LAs submitted total figures but were unable to return individual level data. Figures do not therefore sum to the totals.
4. Wakefield submitted aggregate information for new plans for 2022. The totals will therefore not match the sum of characteristics and placements information.
5. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Education, health and care plans as at January each year, by primary type of need

Filename: sen_needs_caseload.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2024/25 to 2025/26
Content summary: The number of EHC plans active at January each year, by their primary SEN need. This is shown for the type of setting attended, current age, age when plan started, ethnicity, sex and length of plan. Data is shown on an academic year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name        |  Variable description
-------------------  |  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
asd_pc               |  Autistic spectrum disorder (%)
breakdown            |  Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by primary need recorded in EHC plan
ds_pc                |  Down Syndrome (%)
ehc_plans            |  Total number of EHC plans
hi_pc                |  Hearing impairment (%)
mld_pc               |  Moderate learning difficulty  (%)
msi_pc               |  Multisensory impairment (%)
number_asd           |  Autistic spectrum disorder
number_ds            |  Down Syndrome
number_hi            |  Hearing impairment
number_mld           |  Moderate learning difficulty
number_msi           |  Multisensory impairment
number_need_unknown  |  Primary need is not recorded
number_oth           |  Other difficulty/disability
number_pd            |  Physical disability
number_pmld          |  Profound & multiple learning difficulty
number_semh          |  Social, emotional and mental health
number_slcn          |  Speech, language and communication needs
number_sld           |  Severe learning difficulty
number_spld          |  Specific learning difficulty
number_vi            |  Visual impairment
oth_pc               |  Other difficulty/disability (%)
pd_pc                |  Physical disability (%)
pmld_pc              |  Profound & multiple learning difficulty (%)
semh_pc              |  Social, emotional and mental health (%)
slcn_pc              |  Speech, language and communication needs (%)
sld_pc               |  Severe learning difficulty (%)
spld_pc              |  Specific learning difficulty (%)
unknown_pc           |  Primary need is not recorded (%)
vi_pc                |  Visual impairment (%)

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Cambridgeshire and North East Lincolnshire were not able to return placements for significant numbers of plans for 2025. Brighton and Hove, and Wolverhampton, made significant numbers of errors in the data as to placement attended. Placement attended has been suppressed for these local authorities in 2025.
3. Due to issues with data quality in the first year of collection, EHC plans where the primary need is Down Syndrome were included under "other difficulty/disability" for the year 2024/25. For further information please see the methodology document attached to this release.
4. Surrey submitted amended figures in 2025 for the primary type of need. The published figures include the amended totals they supplied. Information on the characteristics by primary type of need is not available for this authority..
5. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
6. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
7. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


New education, health and care plans issued during the calendar year

Filename: newplans.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2019 to 2025
Content summary: The number of EHC plans which start during the previous calendar year. This is shown for the type of setting attended, and is available broken down by the age when the plan started, ethnicity and sex. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                                 |  Variable description
--------------------------------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ap_pru_academy                                |  Alternative provision academies
ap_pru_free_school                            |  Alternative provision free schools
ap_pru_la_maintained                          |  Pupil referral units
ap_pru_total                                  |  Total alternative provision
ap_pru_total_pc                               |  Total percentage alternative provision
await_prov                                    |  Awaiting provision (pre 2023 only)
breakdown                                     |  Characteristics of child or young person with new EHC plan - Filter by characteristics of child or young person with a new EHC plan
ed_elsewhere                                  |  Total educated elsewhere
ed_elsewhere_pc                               |  Total percentage educated elsewhere
elective_home_education                       |  Elective home education
fe_total                                      |  Total further education and post 16
fe_total_pc                                   |  Total percentage further education and post 16
general_fe_tertiary_colleges                  |  FE colleges and sixth forms
mainstream_academy                            |  Mainstream academies
mainstream_academy_resourced_provision        |  Mainstream academies - resourced provision
mainstream_academy_senunit                    |  Mainstream academies - SEN units
mainstream_free_school                        |  Mainstream free schools
mainstream_free_school_resourced_provision    |  Mainstream free schools - resourced provision
mainstream_free_school_senunit                |  Mainstream free schools - SEN units
mainstream_independent                        |  Mainstream independent schools
mainstream_la_maintained                      |  Mainstream LA maintained schools
mainstream_la_maintained_resourced_provision  |  Mainstream LA maintained schools - resourced provision
mainstream_la_maintained_senunit              |  Mainstream LA maintained schools - SEN units
mainstream_total                              |  Total mainstream schools
mainstream_total_pc                           |  Total percentage mainstream schools
neet                                          |  Not in employment, education or training
neet_ntci                                     |  Not in education or training – notice to cease issued
neet_other                                    |  Not in education or training – other age groups
neet_other_csa                                |  Not in education or training – compulsory school age
new_ehc_plans                                 |  Total number of new EHC plans
nm_early_years                                |  Non maintained early years
nm_early_years_pc                             |  Non maintained early years percentage
online_provider                               |  Online providers
other_arrangements_la                         |  Other arrangements made by LA
other_arrangements_parents                    |  Other arrangements made by parents
other_placement_settings                      |  Other types of placement
other_schools                                 |  Other school types
perm_ex                                       |  Permanently excluded (pre 2023 only)
placement_unknown                             |  Placement not recorded
placement_unknown_pc                          |  Placement not recorded percentage
special_academy                               |  Special academies
special_free_school                           |  Special free schools
special_independent                           |  Independent special schools
special_la_maintained                         |  LA maintained special schools
special_non_maintained                        |  Non maintained special schools
special_total                                 |  Total special schools
special_total_pc                              |  Total percentage special schools
specialist_post_16_institutions               |  Specialist post 16 establishments
ukrlp_provider                                |  UKRLP providers
w_settings                                    |  Welsh schools and establishments

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Age is calculated based on the start date recorded for the EHC plan.
3. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


New education, health and care plans issued during the calendar year, by primary type of need

Filename: sen_need_newplans.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2024 to 2025
Content summary: The number of new EHC plans each year, by their primary SEN need. This is shown for the type of setting attended, age when plan started, ethnicity, and sex. Data is shown on an calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name        |  Variable description
-------------------  |  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
asd_pc               |  Autistic spectrum disorder (%)
breakdown            |  Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by primary need recorded in EHC plan
ds_pc                |  Down Syndrome (%)
ehc_plans            |  Total number of new EHC plans
hi_pc                |  Hearing impairment (%)
mld_pc               |  Moderate learning difficulty  (%)
msi_pc               |  Multisensory impairment (%)
number_asd           |  Autistic spectrum disorder
number_ds            |  Down Syndrome
number_hi            |  Hearing impairment
number_mld           |  Moderate learning difficulty
number_msi           |  Multisensory impairment
number_need_unknown  |  Primary need is not recorded
number_oth           |  Other difficulty/disability
number_pd            |  Physical disability
number_pmld          |  Profound & multiple learning difficulty
number_semh          |  Social, emotional and mental health
number_slcn          |  Speech, language and communication needs
number_sld           |  Severe learning difficulty
number_spld          |  Specific learning difficulty
number_vi            |  Visual impairment
oth_pc               |  Other difficulty/disability (%)
pd_pc                |  Physical disability (%)
pmld_pc              |  Profound & multiple learning difficulty (%)
semh_pc              |  Social, emotional and mental health (%)
slcn_pc              |  Speech, language and communication needs (%)
sld_pc               |  Severe learning difficulty (%)
spld_pc              |  Specific learning difficulty (%)
unknown_pc           |  Primary need is not recorded (%)
vi_pc                |  Visual impairment (%)

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Due to issues with data quality in the first year of collection, EHC plans where the primary need is Down Syndrome were included under "other difficulty/disability" for the year 2024/25. For further information please see the methodology document attached to this release.
3. Surrey submitted amended figures in 2025 for the primary type of need. The published figures include the amended totals they supplied. Information on the characteristics by primary type of need is not available for this authority..
4. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
5. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
6. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Requests for an education, health and care needs assessment received during the calendar year

Filename: requests.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2019 to 2025
Content summary: The number of requests for an EHC needs assessment carried out each year. This is shown by request, mediation/tribunals, and statutory timeframes. Data is shown on a calendar year basis. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                     |  Variable description
--------------------------------  |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown                         |  Characteristics of request or child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested - Filter by characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment requested
mediation_related_request         |  Number of requests subject to mediation
request_assess_pc                 |  Percentage of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
request_not_assess_pc             |  Percentage of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment
request_outcome_over_6_weeks      |  Number of requests where decision made after 6 weeks
request_outcome_over_6_weeks_pc   |  Percentage of requests where decision made after 6 weeks
request_outcome_six_weeks         |  Number of requests where decision made within 6 weeks
request_outcome_six_weeks_pc      |  Percentage of requests where decision made within 6 weeks
request_outstanding_pc            |  Percentage of requests ongoing
request_withdrawn_pc              |  Percentage of requests withdrawn
requests_decided_not_to_assess    |  Number of requests where LA decided not to proceed with an assessment
requests_decided_to_assess        |  Number of requests where LA decided to proceed with an assessment
requests_decision_not_made        |  Number of requests ongoing
requests_received_in_year         |  Total requests for an EHC needs assessment
requests_rya                      |  of which: requests where the child or young person is in relevant youth accommodation
requests_withdrawn                |  Number of requests withdrawn
tribunal_after_mediation_request  |  Number of requests where tribunal followed mediation
tribunal_related_request          |  Number of requests subject to a tribunal

Footnotes:

1. Age is calculated as on the date the request for the EHC needs assessment was received.
2. Barnet have informed us that the data submitted on tribunals following requests for an EHC needs assessment was incorrect. Information on tribunals relating to requests for an EHC needs assessment has therefore been supressed.
3. Leicester were unable to provide request or assessment dates in the 2026 data collection. This will affect calculation of assessments, requests and the numbers of plans issued within 20 weeks during the 2025 calendar year.  Where "no data" is shown no dates were returned.
4. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Assessments for an education, health and care plan carried out during the calendar year

Filename: assessments.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2019 to 2025
Content summary: The number of EHC needs assessments carried out each year. Figures are shown by the outcome of assessment, whether a mediation or a tribunal occurred and whether the process met the statutory timeframe. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                      |  Variable description
---------------------------------  |  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
assess_in_year                     |  Total number of EHC needs assessments
assess_issued                      |  Number of assessments where a plan was issued
assess_issued_pc                   |  Percentage of assessments where a plan was issued
assess_not_issued                  |  Number of assessments where a plan was not issued
assess_not_issued_pc               |  Percentage of assessments where a plan was not issued
assess_not_made                    |  Number of assessments where the decision is outstanding
assess_not_made_pc                 |  Percentage of assessments where the decision is outstanding
assess_withdrawn                   |  Number of assessments where the request was withdrawn
assess_withdrawn_pc                |  Percentage of assessments where the request was withdrawn
breakdown                          |  Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment carried out - Filter by characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC needs assessment carried out
number_assess_mediation            |  Number of mediations related to assessment decision
number_assess_tribunal             |  Number of tribunals related to assessment decision
number_asssess_mediation_tribunal  |  Number of tribunals following mediation related to assessment decision
number_other_mediation             |  Number of mediations related to assessment for other reasons
number_other_mediation_tribunal    |  Number of tribunals following mediations related to assessment for other reasons
number_other_tribunal              |  Number of tribunals related to assessment for other reasons
outcome_decision_over_time         |  Number of assessments where it was decided NOT to issue a plan which were over 16 weeks
outcome_decision_over_time_pc      |  Percentage of assessments where it was decided NOT to issue a plan which were over 16 weeks
outcome_decision_within_time       |  Number of assessments where it was decided NOT to issue a plan which were within 16 weeks
outcome_decision_within_time_pc    |  Percentage of assessments where it was decided NOT to issue a plan which were within 16 weeks

Footnotes:

1. Age is calculated as on the date the request for the EHC needs assessment was received.
2. Leicester were unable to provide request or assessment dates in the 2026 data collection. This will affect calculation of assessments, requests and the numbers of plans issued within 20 weeks during the 2025 calendar year.  Where "no data" is shown no dates were returned.
3. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Timeliness of new education, health and care plans, including those issued within the statutory 20 week timeframe

Filename: timeliness_20_week.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2019 to 2025
Content summary: The number of plans issued and whether the issue of those plans met the statutory timeframe, both with, and without, exceptions applying. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                        |  Variable description
-----------------------------------  |  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
avg_weeks_issue_plan                 |  Average weeks to issue an EHC plan
avg_weeks_issue_plan_exc             |  Average weeks to issue an EHC plan, exc. exceptions
breakdown                            |  Characteristics of child or young person with EHC plan - Characteristics of child or young person for whom EHC plan issued
pc_plans_issued_20_weeks_ex          |  EHC plans issued within 20 weeks exc. exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_gt_1_year            |  EHC plans issued after 52 weeks inc. exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_gt_1_year_ex         |  EHC plans issued after 52 weeks exc. exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltyear     |  EHC plans issued between 20 and 52 weeks inc. exceptions- %
pc_plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltyear_ex  |  EHC plans issued between 20 and 52 weeks exc. exceptions - %
pc_plans_issued_within_20_weeks      |  EHC plans issued within 20 weeks inc. exceptions - %
plans_issued_20_weeks_ex             |  EHC plans issued within 20 weeks exc. exceptions
plans_issued_den                     |  Number of EHC plans issued inc. exeptions
plans_issued_den_ex                  |  Number of EHC plans issued exc. Exeptions
plans_issued_gt_1_year               |  EHC plans issued after 52 weeks inc. exceptions
plans_issued_gt_1_year_ex            |  EHC plans issued after 52 weeks exc. exceptions
plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltyear        |  EHC plans issued between 20 and 52 weeks inc. exceptions
plans_issued_gt20weeks_ltyear_ex     |  EHC plans issued between 20 and 52 weeks exc. exceptions
plans_issued_within_20_weeks         |  EHC plans issued within 20 weeks inc. exceptions

Footnotes:

1. For the 2024 calendar year, Dorset and City of London have classed all newly issued EHC plans as having permitted exceptions to the 20 week statutory timeframe.  For 2025,  Norfolk classed all newly issued EHC plans as having permitted exceptions to the 20 week statutory timeframe.
2. For 2024, Lewisham have informed us that data is incorrect, therefore timeliness figures for Lewisham are suppressed.
3. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
4. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
5. Leicester were unable to provide request or assessment dates in the 2026 data collection. This will affect calculation of assessments, requests and the numbers of plans issued within 20 weeks during the 2025 calendar year.  Where "no data" is shown no dates were returned.
6. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Number of annual reviews of EHC plans

Filename: annual_reviews.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2025
Content summary: The number of annual reviews of EHC plans recorded by local authorities during the 2025 calendar year. Data is shown on a calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name                |  Variable description
---------------------------  |  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown                    |  Characteristics of EHC plan for which annual review is expected - Filter by characteristics of child or young person or years EHC plan in place
decision_4_weeks             |  Annual review decision communicated over 4 weeks
decision_over_4_weeks        |  Annual review decision communicated with 4 weeks
no_outcome_recorded          |  Review completed where no outcome recorded
outcome_amended              |  Review completed where decision was to amend the plan
outcome_ceased               |  Review completed where decision was to cease the plan
outcome_maintained           |  Review completed where decision was to maintain the plan
review_completed_2025        |  Numbers of reviews completed during 2025
review_completed_prior_2025  |  Numbers of reviews completed prior to 2025
review_expected_2025         |  Annual review was expected in 2025
review_not_completed         |  Numbers of reviews not recorded as completed
review_not_expected_2025     |  Annual review was not expected in 2025
total_ehc_plans              |  Total number of EHC plans

Footnotes:

1. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Number of phase transfers for EHC plans

Filename: phase_transfers.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2025
Content summary: The number of phase transfers of EHC plans recorded by local authorities for the 2026 collection year. Data is shown for the number of phase transfers due in both 2025 and 2026.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
------------  |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
due_25        |  EHC plans where a phase transfer review was due in 2025
due_26        |  EHC plans where a phase transfer review was due in 2026
final_25      |  EHC plans where a final plan, following a phase transfer review, has been issued in 2025
final_26      |  EHC plans where a final plan, following a phase transfer review, has been issued in 2026
number_plans  |  Total number of EHC plans

Footnotes:

1. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Personal budgets

Filename: personal_budgets.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2019/20 to 2025/26
Content summary: The number of EHC plans where there is personal budget in place. This is broken down by age, sex, ethnicity and the type of setting attended. Figures are shown as at January each year, on an academic year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name    |  Variable description
---------------  |  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown        |  Characteristics of residential placements - Filter by characteristics of plan where personal budget is in place
org_arrangments  |  Number with organised arrangements
pb_education     |  Personal budget covers education only
pb_health        |  Personal budget covers health only
pb_integrated    |  Personal budget covers any combination of education, health and social care
pb_social        |  Personal budget covers social care only
personal_budget  |  Total EHC plans with personal budget in place

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
3. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
4. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Residential placements

Filename: residential_settings.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2018/19 to 2025/26
Content summary: The number of residential placements, broken down by age, sex, ethnicity and the type of setting attended. Figures are shown as at January each year, on an academic year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name  |  Variable description
---------  |  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown  |  Characteristics of residential placements - Filter by characteristics of child or young person with residential placements
res_3851   |  Number of residential settings between 38 and 51 weeks
res_52     |  Number of residential settings for 52 weeks
res_tot    |  Total number of residential settings

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
3. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
4. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Work placed placements

Filename: work_based_placements.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2024/25 to 2025/26
Content summary: The number of work based placements each year, by age, sex, ethnicity and the type of setting attended. Figures are shown as at January, on an academic year basis, and also work based placements which were active in the previous calendar year.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name     |  Variable description
----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown         |  Characteristics of young people with a work based placement - Filter by characteristics of child or young person, years EHC plan in place or the placement attended
open_apprentice   |  Apprenticeships
open_supp_intern  |  Supported internships
open_trainee      |  Traineeships
open_wbp          |  Total work based placements

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Brighton and Hove did not return information on primary need in the 2026 data collection.
3. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
4. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.


Education, health and care plans which ceased during the calendar year

Filename: ceased_plans.csv
Geographic levels: Local authority; National; Regional
Time period: 2022 to 2025
Content summary: The number of plans which ceased each year, and the reason why they ceased. This is broken down by the age when the plan ceased, sex, ethnicity, length of time plan in place and the last setting attended. Data is shown on an calendar year basis.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name      |  Variable description
-----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
breakdown          |  Characteristics of child or young person where plan has ceased - Filter by characteristics of child or young person
deceased           |  Number where child or young person deceased
employ             |  Number moved to paid employment
he                 |  Number moved to higher education
max_age            |  Number where maximum age reached
moved_outside_eng  |  Number who have moved outside England
needs_met          |  Number where educational or training needs met without a plan
no_engage          |  Number where young person no longer wishes to engage in education or training
other              |  Number ceased for other reasons
total_ceased       |  Total number of ceased EHC plans
transfer           |  Number transferred to another LA

Footnotes:

1. Includes service children's education, offshore schools, secure units, British schools overseas and establishments listed as "Miscellaneous" on  Get Information About Schools (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search).
2. Isle of Wight and Leicester were unable to provide ceased dates for the majority of plans which ceased in 2025, we have therefore suppressed data for the 2025 calendar year for these authorities.
3. Information on primary type of need indicates the nature of the person’s special educational need and does not indicate prevalence of a medical condition or diagnosis within the population.
4. Figures for the Isle of Wight for the 2025 calendar year and 2025/26 academic year are suppressed due to issues with data quality.
