UK Primary School Pupils with Special Educational Needs Support, January Census Snapshot

A snapshot from the January school census, this dataset provides the percentage of primary school pupils receiving Special Educational Needs (SEN) support, excluding Danesgate and special schools. It is published by the UK Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence. The specific time range and last update date are unknown.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in SEN support provision based on the percentage data.
• Track changes in SEN support rates over time using the January census snapshot.
• Benchmark school-level or local authority-level SEN support percentages against national figures.

Strengths

• Data originates from an official government school census, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 licence, which permits reuse and analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Snapshot from the January School Census

Time Range

unknown

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Likely United Kingdom (implied by source and licence)