Special Educational Needs Person Level Survey (SEN2)
Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.
Need/provision/receipt | Description of measure | Start Year | Age range | Age from | Age to | Informant | Multiple rater | Reporting term | Sweep title | Standard instrument | Question/Data item | Response scale | Notes | Physical health measures | Dataset | |
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Receipt; | Receipt of direct payments for social care | 2017 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2017 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Of those in Item 5.1, please give the number of personal budgets that have: a) Organised arrangements where the local authority or partner retains the funding and commissions the support specified in the plan (sometimes called notional arrangements); b) Direct payments (including payments to nominees and third parties) and whether these are for |
For part b): |
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Receipt; | Receipt of direct payments for social care | 2018 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2018 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Of those in Item 5.1, please give the number of personal budgets that have: a) Organised arrangements where the local authority or partner retains the funding and commissions the support specified in the plan (sometimes called notional arrangements); b) Direct payments (including payments to nominees and third parties) and whether these are for |
For part b): |
SEN2 | |||
Receipt; | Placement in residential special school | 2018 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2018 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Of the children and young people entered in Item 1.1, please state the number placed in residential special schools or colleges: |
a) For 38-51 weeks: The age breakdown refers to age as at 31 August 2018. The age categories are: |
SEN2 | |||
Receipt; | Placement in residential special school | 2019 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2019 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Of the children and young people entered in Item 1.1, please state the number placed in residential special schools or colleges: |
a) For 38-51 weeks: The age breakdown refers to age as at 31 August 2018. The age categories are: |
SEN2 | |||
Receipt; | Receipt of direct payments for social care | 2019 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2019 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Of those in Item 5.1, please give the number of personal budgets that have: a) Organised arrangements where the local authority or partner retains the funding and commissions the support specified in the plan (sometimes called notional arrangements); b) Direct payments (including payments to nominees and third parties) and whether these are for |
For section b) |
SEN2 | |||
Receipt; | Receipt of direct payments for social care | 2021 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2022 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Item 3.9c Personal budget – direct payments |
E – Education only |
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Need; | Factors likely to cause requirement for help completing ADLs/IADLs | 2021 | 0-25 | 0 | 25 | Local authority professional | No | Current | 2022 Survey | No | When listing data items collected: Please record the nature of the individual’s special educational need. These options are consistent with those collected within the spring term school census. Where multiple types of need are recorded and ranked, the primary type of need should be ranked 1 under Type of need rank (Item 4.8), and if applicable a secondary type of need should be ranked 2. |
SPLD Specific learning difficulty |
SEN2 |
Overview
Aims
SEN2 collects data about children for whom the local authority has responsibility for the management of the SEN processes, under the 1996 Education Act and the 2014 Children and Families Act. The information collected via the annual SEN2 data collection provides the major source of data collected on children and young people with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans. It is the only source of data on the totality of EHC plans maintained by individual local authorities. It allowed ministers, Parliament, central and local government, external organisations and the public at large to monitor government policies and their effectiveness, and to see how many children and young people with EHC plans there are in individual local authorities.
Institution
Department for Education
Geographic coverage - Nations
England;
Start date
2014
Minimum age at recruitment
0
Sample Size
430,697
Sample
Study design
Annual return
Sample details
A SEN2 return is required from all local authorities in England. SEN2 collects data about all children for whom the local authority has responsibility for the management of the SEN processes,.
Sex
All
Sample Characteristics
Children and young people
Sample size at most recent sweep
Varied (number of EHC plans)
Data
Data Access
https://www.ons.gov.uk
Complementary Data
Genetic Data Collected
Linked Data
No
HDR UK Innovation Gateway
Additional information
Website
www.gov.uk/education/special-educational-needs-surveys
Notes
Related Measures
Benefits, Education, Ethnicity and race,
Study Code
SEN2
Reference paper(s)
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805014/SEN2_2019_text.pdf
Funders
Department for Education