Main text: OSR19/2011

Department for

Education

Osr 19/2011 19 October 2011 Coverage: England

Theme: Health, well- being and Care

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Statistician Andy Brook

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Statistical

Release

Special Educational Needs: Statements Issued Within 26 Weeks In 2010-11

Introduction

This official statistics publication presents national and local authority (LA) figures from 2010-11 for statements of special educational needs (SEN). This information is provided to help LAs assess comparative performance in meeting statutory time limits on finalising statements of SEN and to provide parents and other interested parties with this information. This publication complements earlier information on SEN in England which is detailed below.

There is considerable evidence of the benefits of early and timely intervention to address children’s SEN. Parents are concerned that SEN statements should be completed within the statutory time limit so that appropriate intervention to meet their children’s SEN can begin. This publication provides information to parents on the percentage of statements which are completed within the statutory time limit in their local areas.

Two local authority measures are included within this publication to provide detail on the timeliness of SEN statements:

Table A The number of final statements of SEN issued within 26 weeks excluding exception cases as a proportion of all such statements issued in the year.

Table B The number of final statements of SEN issued

within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in the year.

This information was submitted directly by LAs to the Department for Education. Key Points

This publication provides national and LA figures for both sets of SEN statements detailed above. e Within Table A, 95 per cent of final statements of SEN in England in 2010-11 were issued within 26 weeks (excluding exception cases). Local authority performance varied from 39 per cent to 100 per cent. e Within Table B, 88 per cent of final statements in England in 2009-10 were issued within 26 weeks. Local authority performance varied from 18 per cent to 100 per cent.

The publication these national and local level figures allow DfE policy and local authorities to monitor the length of time taken to issue the statements. We are publishing information on statements that are issued for the first time in the financial year — reassessments are not considered.

This publication provides 2010-11 figures for all local authorities in England. The technical definition for these indicators can be found within Annex A.

Background

This information was collected and published for the first time in 2008-09. The construction of these figures are based on the Best Value Performance Indicators (Bvpi) 43A and 43B which measured the percentage of draft SEN statements produced within 18 weeks. A link to the national and LA 2007-08 figures for the respective BVPIs are included in Notes to Editors.

The start of the 26 week period is the date on which a request for assessment is received from a parent or responsible body — school or early years setting — or the date on which the authority issues a notice to parents that a statutory assessment is being considered. A referral from another agency, such as Health, is not a request from a responsible body. In these circumstances, the timescale would start from the date that the authority issues a notice to parents that the assessment is being considered.

The 26 week limit is made up of;

e Six weeks from receipt of a request to decide whether to conduct an assessment;

e Ten weeks to conduct the assessment and decide whether to draw up a statement (including six weeks to seek and receive advice for the assessment);

e Two weeks to draft a proposed statement;

e Eight weeks to finalise the statement.

The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001 allow for exceptions to these internal time limits, for example where the local authority has not received advice from those from whom it has been requested for the assessment within time. Indicator A excludes cases where exceptions have occurred and Indicator B includes all statements.

The 26-week indicators were included within the National Indicator Set for the previous Government as Ni 103.

Tables Table 1: Number of final statements of special educational needs issued within 26 weeks excluding exception cases as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 (England and local

authorities).

Table 2: Number of final statements of special educational needs issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 (England and local authorities).

Related Information

Further information on children with special educational needs can be found at the following publications:

Children with Special Educational Needs 2011: an analysis http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/Db/Str/d001032/index.shtml

Special Educational Needs in England: January 2011 http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/Db/Sfr/s001007/index.shtml

Table 1

Indicator A: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks excluding exception cases” as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures!

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued ea statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks England 17,285 18,170 95 North East 925 930 99 Darlington 20 20 100 Durharn 285 285 100 Gateshead 80 85 95 Hartlepool 30 30 100 Middlesbrough 25 25 100 Newcastle Upon Tyne 65 65 97 North Tyneside 95 96 100 Northumberland 65 65 100 Redcar and Cleveland 60 60 100 South Tyneside 80 85 96 Stockton-On-Tees 60 60 100 Sunderland 55 55 100 North West 1,845 2,040 90 Blackburn with Darwen 25 25 100 Blackpool 40 40 100 Bolton 100 120 83 Bury - 15 - Cheshire East 125 130 94 Cheshire West and Chester 75 80 94 Cumbria 160 160 99 Halton 25 25 92 Knowsley 90 90 100 Lancashire 335 335 100 Liverpool 180 195 92 Manchester 70 180 39 Oldharn 20 20 95 Rochdale 30 30 100 Salford 160 165 90 Sefton 25 25 100 St Helens 20 20 100 Stockport 70 70 100 Tameside 30 30 100 Trafford 176 175 100 Warrington 25 25 100 Wigan 45 45 100

Wirral 40 45 98

Table 1

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued statements statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks Yorkshire And The Humber 1,480 1,535 96 Barnsley 115 116 99 Bradford 205 220 94 Calderdale 130 130 100 Doncaster 135 136 100 East Riding of Yorkshire 30 30 100 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 40 45 89 Kirklees 65 65 97 Leeds 205 210 98 North East Lincolnshire 65 65 100 North Lincolnshire 75 75 100 North Yorkshire 76 85 88 Rotherham 30 30 100 Sheffield 120 140 84 Wakefield 140 140 100 York 50 50 100 East Midlands 1,370 1,405 98 Derby 100 115 88 Derbyshire 115 125 of Leicester 165 160 96 Leicestershire 315 316 100 Lincolnshire 95 96 100 Northamptonshire 340 345 99 Nottingham 60 60 100 Nottingharnshire 170 170 100 Rutland 20 20 100 West Midlands 2,330 2,365 99 Birmingham 740 740 100 Coventry 120 120 100 Dudley 160 150 99 Herefordshire 70 70 100 Sandwell 55 65 85 Shropshire 50 55 98 Solihull 125 140 89 Staffordshire 210 215 100 Stoke-On-Trent 125 125 100 Telford and Wrekin 30 30 100 Walsall 120 120 100 Warwickshire 245 246 100 Wolverhampton 170 170 100

Worcestershire 116 120 95

Table 1

Indicator A: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks excluding

exception cases’ as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures!

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued statements statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks East Of England 2,410 2,505 96 Bedford Borough 70 70 100 Central Bedfordshire 110 110 100 Cambridgeshire 305 305 100 Essex 825 825 100 Hertfordshire 195 195 100 Luton 100 100 100 Norfolk 255 325 78 Peterborough 186 185 99 Southend-on-Sea 60 60 100 Suffolk 260 265 99 Thurrock 45 70 65 London 2,670 2,905 92 Inner London 1,165 1,275 92 Camden 90 105 84 City Of London - - - Hackney 65 65 98 Hammersmith and Fulham 65 65 100 Haringey 136 140 96 Islington 80 80 100 Kensington and Chelsea 36 35 oF Lambeth 105 110 97 Lewisham 85 30 96 Newham 40 40 100 Southwark 116 130 8g Tower Hamlets 205 205 100 Wandsworth 116 165 69 Westminster 36 45 73 Outer London 1,505 1,630 92 Barking and Dagenham 95 95 100 Barnet 30 40 80 Bexley 15 15 100 Brent 145 175 83 Bromley 100 155 64 Croydon 205 210 99 Ealing 140 145 97 Enfield 10 10 100 Greenwich 20 20 100 Harrow 105 105 97 Havering 60 65 98 Hillingdon 135 140 99 Hounslow 75 85 oF Kingston Upon Thames 26 25 100 Merton 80 85 of Redbridge 20 20 100 Richmond Upon Thames 95 95 100 Sutton 100 100 99

Waltham Forest 50 50 100

Table 1

Indicator A: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks excluding

exception cases” as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures!

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued eee statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks South East 2,660 2,785 96 Bracknell Forest 60 60 98 Brighton and Hove 50 50 100 Buckinghamshire 165 200 82 East Sussex 245 255 96 Hampshire 505 505 100 Isle Of Wight 15 16 100 Kent 260 295 88 Medway Towns 95 95 96 Milton Keynes 95 95 100 Oxfordshire 215 215 100 Portsmouth 70 75 96 Reading 70 70 100 Slough 85 85 100 Southampton 80 80 100 Surrey 215 215 98 West Berkshire 85 85 99 West Sussex 280 305 92 Windsor and Maidenhead 60 60 100 Wokingham 15 25 70 South West 1,595 1,690 94 Bath and North East Somerset 70 76 99 Bournemouth 60 70 3 Bristol, City of 80 80 100 Cornwall 125 125 100 Devon 160 170 94 Dorset 115 115 98 Gloucestershire 305 306 100 Isles Of Scilly - - - North Somerset 36 36 100 Plymouth 120 180 66 Poole 60 60 100 Somerset 85 85 100 South Gloucestershire 120 120 100 Swindon 125 125 100 Torbay 75 80 93 Wiltshire 56 55 100

Source: Local Authority returns through Die 1. This inforrnation has been submitted by LAs to the Department for Education (DfE). 2. The Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001 allow for exceptions to these time limits, for example where the local authority has not received advice frorn those from whom it has been requested for the assessment within time.

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been replaced by a hyphen (). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they had been replaced by a hyphen (-).

Table 2

Indicator B: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures!

Number of T Percentage of . otal number of : statements issued ea statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks England 22,975 26,020 88 North East 1,115 1,180 95 Darlington 20 20 of Durharn 305 310 99 Gateshead 90 95 96 Hartlepool 30 40 78 Middlesbrough 65 65 oF Newcastle Upon Tyne 65 70 of North Tyneside 100 106 96 Northumberland 105 125 87 Redcar and Cleveland 65 65 99 South Tyneside 80 85 96 Stockton-On-Tees 60 75 8 Sunderland 130 130 100 North West 3,075 3,445 89 Blackburn with Darwen 25 25 100 Blackpool 50 50 92 Bolton 105 135 80 Bury 15 75 18 Cheshire East 175 190 92 Cheshire West and Chester 100 125 8f Cumbria 175 190 94 Halton 36 40 90 Knowsley 90 90 100 Lancashire 645 650 100 Liverpool 180 205 88 Manchester 170 285 67 Oldharn 125 130 96 Rochdale 120 120 100 Salford 160 185 89 Sefton 90 115 78 St Helens 30 30 100 Stockport 170 170 100 Tameside 65 65 97 Trafford 180 180 100 Warrington 120 140 84 Wigan 135 136 100 Wirral 116 120 94

Table 2

Indicator B: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures'

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued statements statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks Yorkshire And The Humber 1,880 2,060 91 Barnsley 150 150 98 Bradford 205 250 3 Calderdale 130 130 99 Doncaster 135 136 100 East Riding of Yorkshire 90 90 99 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 100 120 84 Kirklees 185 196 95 Leeds 205 215 96 North East Lincolnshire 70 70 100 North Lincolnshire 95 95 100 North Yorkshire 125 165 76 Rotherham 70 70 100 Sheffield 125 175 71 Wakefield 145 145 100 York 50 50 100 East Midlands 1,860 2,005 93 Derby 100 125 79 Derbyshire 315 360 oF Leicester 215 235 of Leicestershire 360 360 100 Lincolnshire 205 235 89 Northamptonshire 416 440 95 Nottingham 60 60 100 Nottingharnshire 176 176 99 Rutland 20 20 100 West Midlands 2,990 3,245 92 Birmingham 740 740 100 Coventry 135 140 96 Dudley 235 235 100 Herefordshire 70 70 100 Sandwell 96 145 63 Shropshire 176 210 83 Solihull 125 140 89 Staffordshire 325 355 92 Stoke-On-Trent 135 140 96 Telford and Wrekin 140 145 95 Walsall 120 120 100 Warwickshire 245 300 82 Wolverhampton 170 185 of

Worcestershire 290 320 90

Table 2

Indicator B: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11

England and Local Authority figures!

2010-11

Number of Total ber of Percentage of statements issued See eae statements issued within 26 weeks ees within 26 weeks East Of England 2,820 3,085 91 Bedford Borough 70 75 95 Central Bedfordshire 110 115 96 Cambridgeshire 310 315 100 Essex 830 830 100 Hertfordshire 380 380 100 Luton 100 100 99 Norfolk 385 535 72 Peterborough 215 220 98 Southend-on-Sea 75 85 86 Suffolk 300 355 83 Thurrock 45 75 61 London 3,565 4,460 80 Inner London 1,385 1,685 82 Camden 90 116 79 City Of London - - - Hackney 100 145 69 Hammersmith and Fulham 70 70 100 Haringey 136 145 of Islington 86 95 88 Kensington and Chelsea 36 60 61 Lambeth 175 230 76 Lewisham 110 116 96 Newham 40 40 100 Southwark 116 145 79 Tower Hamlets 205 210 98 Wandsworth 120 190 61 Westminster 110 125 88 Outer London 2,180 2,775 79 Barking and Dagenham 95 105 oF Barnet 85 160 55 Bexley 85 135 61 Brent 145 265 54 Bromley 140 250 oF Croydon 205 215 95 Ealing 185 190 97 Enfield 85 90 98 Greenwich 95 100 92 Harrow 125 135 93 Havering 60 65 98 Hillingdon 150 155 95 Hounslow 136 200 67 Kingston Upon Thames 65 85 72 Merton 95 110 85 Redbridge 120 145 83 Richmond Upon Thames 100 100 96 Sutton 100 105 95 Waltham Forest 110 155 7

Table 2

Indicator B: Number of final statements of special educational need issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in 2010-11 England and Local Authority figures!

2010-11 Number of Total number of Percentage of statements issued ereenis statements issued within 26 weeks within 26 weeks South East 3,645 4,155 8s Bracknell Forest 65 75 88 Brighton and Hove 100 100 100 Buckinghamshire 315 430 #3 East Sussex 300 330 of Hampshire 505 510 98 Isle Of Wight 15 16 100 Kent 530 635 83 Medway Towns 150 160 92 Milton Keynes 110 115 98 Oxfordshire 216 215 100 Portsmouth 90 105 88 Reading 105 130 78 Slough 95 96 100 Southampton 30 90 700 Surrey 480 580 83 West Berkshire 85 90 98 West Sussex 310 335 93 Windsor and Maidenhead 60 65 98 Wokingham 30 90 34 South West 2,025 2,385 85 Bath and North East Somerset 80 80 99 Bournemouth 65 80 83 Bristol, City of 175 176 100 Cornwall 236 240 98 Devon 240 425 56 Dorset 116 126 of Gloucestershire 305 305 100 Isles Of Scilly - - - North Somerset 40 45 93 Plyrmouth 120 200 60 Poole 70 70 100 Somerset 95 96 100 South Gloucestershire 120 136 88 Swindon 125 125 100 Torbay 76 96 79 Wiltshire 160 180 88

Source: Local Authority returns through DfE 1. This information has been submitted by LAs to the Department for Education (DfE).

Notes To Editors

The figures within this statistical release have been submitted by local authorities to the Department for Education. The SEN contact in Authorities with outlying figures and those with large changes from 2009-10 have confirmed their figures are correct. A handful of authorities reported severe struggles in the financial year with workload and turnover which resulted in percentages much lower than the national averages.

Local authorities have duties under the Education Act 1996 to assess children’s SEN and to draw up SEN statements where necessary. Local authorities adopt different policies with regard to the provision of SEN support services, in-service training and the delegation of funding for statemented provision to schools. This means that the need to draw up statements varies between local authority areas and statementing rates between below one per cent of the school population to four per cent. Further details can be found in the Department’s research publication, Special Educational Needs and Disability: Understanding Local Variation in Prevalence, Service Provision and Support which can be found at: https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/Rsg/Specialeducationneeds/Page1/DCSF-RR211. This is an Official Statistics publication which has been produced in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice for official statistics. It has been produced to help local authorities assess comparative performance in meeting statutory time limits on finalising statements. It has also been produced to provide parents and other interested parties with this information.

Enquiries (non-media) about information contained in this document should be addressed to Andy Brook, Analysis and Research Division, 1st Floor Area |, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, DL3 9BG, email Andrew.Brook@education.gsi.gov.uk or telephone 01325 735408. Media enquiries about information contained in this Statistical Release should be made to the Department's Press Office at Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT or telephone 020 7925 6789.

Better Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs) 43A and 43B for 2007-08 were published for England and all local authorities on the Audit Commission’s website at: http:/Awww.audit-commission.gov.uk/localgov/audit/BVPIs/Pages/200708bvpidataquartiles.aspx.

Annex A: Technical Definition For Indicators A And B: Statements Of Special Educational Needs Issued Within 26 Weeks

A) The number of final statements of special educational needs issued within 26 weeks excluding exception cases as a proportion of all such statements issued in the year.

A=74x100 Ya Where:

xX, =Final statements of special educational needs excluding exception cases issued within 26 weeks. y, =AIll final statements of special educational needs issued (excluding exception cases).

B) The number of final statements of special educational needs issued within 26 weeks as a proportion of all such statements issued in the year.

B= x 100

Where: xX, =Final statements of special educational needs issued within 26 weeks, including exceptions.

y, =AIll final statements of special educational needs.

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