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Find out about the level of SEND in Barnsley:
- education, health and care plans (EHCPs)
- level of SEN support in schools
Education, health and care plans (EHCPs)
This data is correct as of January 2022:
- 29.1% of the population in Barnsley are aged 0-25.
- 2311 plans are maintained.
- 4.5% of pupils in Barnsley schools have an EHCP.
EHCP % by school place
- 2.7% primary
- 3% secondary
- 100% special
EHCP age breakdown
| Age | Percentage |
| 0-4 | 3.2% |
| 5-10 | 33.8% |
| 11-15 | 39.5% |
| 16-19 | 20.4% |
| 20-25 | 3.1% |
Primary need - all state funded schools
| EHCP need | Number of EHCPs |
| Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | 436 |
| Speech, language and communication need (SLCN) | 308 |
| Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) | 268 |
| Moderate learning difficulty (MLD) | 128 |
| Specific learning difficulty (SpLD) | 69 |
| Physical disability (PD) | 67 |
| Specific learning disability (SLD) | 49 |
| Hearing impairment (HI) | 33 |
| Profound, multiple learning disability (PMLD) | 28 |
| Other (OTH) | 26 |
| Visual impairment (VI) | 17 |
| Multi sensory impairment (MSI) | 4 |
Barnsley SEN support
This data is correct as of January 2022:
SEN support % by school place
- 10.9% all schools
- 11.1% primary
- 11.1% secondary
Primary need - all schools
| SEN support need | Number |
| Moderate learning difficulty (MLD) | 1042 |
| Speech, language and communication need (SLCN) | 877 |
| Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) | 871 |
| Specific learning difficulty (SpLD) | 372 |
| Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | 328 |
| Other (OTH) | 131 |
| Physical disability (PD) | 82 |
| Hearing impairment (HI) | 60 |
| Visual impairment (VI) | 37 |
| Specific learning disability (SLD) | 17 |
| Multi sensory impairment (MSI) | 7 |
| No specialist assessment (NSA) | 5 |
