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Special Educational Needs Provision by Local Authority (England, 2024/25)
England: 5.34% of pupils have an EHCP and 14.22% receive SEN support. Compare all 153 local authorities by the Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index. Real DfE data (OGL v3.0).
Which local authorities in England have the highest rates of pupils with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), and what is the national average?
In 2024/25, 5.34% of pupils in England have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and 14.22% receive SEN support without an EHCP (DfE SEN in England, OGL v3.0). The Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index ranks Knowsley highest at 120.5 and City of London lowest at 35.1 of 153 local authorities.
Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index
Top of 153 local authorities: Knowsley (GSNEPI 120.5). The index combines EHCP rate, SEN support rate, and specialist places per 1,000 pupils, each indexed to England averages. England average = 100.
How this is calculatedSEN Provision Checker — compare your local authority
Select a local authority to see real DfE SEN figures and the Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index compared to England averages.
Select a local authority above to see its SEN provision figures and GSNEPI compared to the England national average.
Highest GSNEPI — 2024/25
SEN provision by local authority — FAQ
- What percentage of pupils in England have an EHCP?
- In 2024/25, 5.34% of all pupils in state-funded schools in England have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). A further 14.22% receive SEN support without an EHCP. Source: DfE Special Educational Needs in England, 2024/25, OGL v3.0.
- What is the Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index (GSNEPI)?
- The GSNEPI combines three real DfE measures — EHCP rate, SEN support rate, and state-funded special school places per 1,000 pupils — for each local authority, indexed to England national averages and averaged. A GSNEPI above 100 means higher combined SEN provision intensity than the England average; below 100 means lower. The index is fully reproducible from the same published DfE figures.
- Which local authority has the highest SEN provision intensity in England?
- By the Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index, Knowsley ranks #1 of 153 local authorities at GSNEPI 120.5, with an EHCP rate of 7.60% and SEN support rate of 16.92% in 2024/25. Source: DfE SEN in England, 2024/25, OGL v3.0.
- Is this real DfE data?
- Yes. Every figure is a real published DfE statistic from the "Special educational needs in England" publication (2024/25 academic year, January 2025 census), available at explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. No figure is modelled, estimated, or interpolated.
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Related education statistics
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- A-level results by local authority — average point score per entry, grade distribution
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Find SEN-aware courses →Source: DfE — Special educational needs in England, Academic year 2024/25. State-funded schools, Academic year 2024/25. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v3.0). The Gera Special Educational Needs Provision Index is computed by GeraLearn from these figures; no figure is modelled or interpolated. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.