Department for Education · 9 June 2017 – 13 December 2019
Pupils with an education, health and care plan during the Conservative 2017–2019 government
2015/16 academic year → 2018/19 academic year · 3 periods
↑ 14.5%+34,359 pupils
Pupils with an education, health and care plan rose by 14.5% over the period, from 236,806 pupils (2015/16 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 271,165 (2018/19 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2015/16 academic year: 236,806
Level when it left 2018/19 academic year: 271,165
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of pupils in all schools in England with an education, health and care plan at the January school census.
Doesn’t measure: Children with a plan who are not in school, or the cost of provision.