Department for Education · 9 June 201713 December 2019

Pupils with an education, health and care plan during the Conservative 2017–2019 government

2015/16 academic year2018/19 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).

  1. Inherited level 2015/16 academic year: 236,806
  2. Level when it left 2018/19 academic year: 271,165
  3. 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.

Pupils with an education, health and care plan: 2015/16 academic year to 2025/26 academic yearConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k2016201820202022202420262015/16 academic year: 236,806 pupils · published 4 August 20262016/17 academic year: 242,184 pupils · published 4 August 20262017/18 academic year: 253,679 pupils · published 4 August 20262018/19 academic year: 271,165 pupils · published 4 August 20262019/20 academic year: 294,758 pupils · published 4 August 20262020/21 academic year: 325,618 pupils · published 4 August 20262021/22 academic year: 355,566 pupils · published 4 August 20262022/23 academic year: 389,171 pupils · published 4 August 20262023/24 academic year: 434,354 pupils · published 4 August 20262024/25 academic year: 482,640 pupils · published 4 August 20262025/26 academic year: 538,547 pupils · published 4 August 2026

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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.