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Pupils with an EHC plan, share: record highs and lows

The extremes of pupils with an ehc plan, share as published by Department for Education, across the 11 periods held here (2015/16 academic year to 2025/26 academic year). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 6% in 2025/26 academic year, is the highest in the whole published series of 11 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

6%2025/26 academic year

Lowest published

2.8%2015/16 academic year

The full series

Pupils with an EHC plan, share: 2015/16 academic year to 2025/26 academic yearConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0%2%4%6%2016201820202022202420262015/16 academic year: 2.8% percent · published 4 August 20262016/17 academic year: 2.8% percent · published 4 August 20262017/18 academic year: 2.9% percent · published 4 August 20262018/19 academic year: 3.1% percent · published 4 August 20262019/20 academic year: 3.3% percent · published 4 August 20262020/21 academic year: 3.7% percent · published 4 August 20262021/22 academic year: 4% percent · published 4 August 20262022/23 academic year: 4.3% percent · published 4 August 20262023/24 academic year: 4.8% percent · published 4 August 20262024/25 academic year: 5.3% percent · published 4 August 20262025/26 academic year: 6% percent · published 4 August 2026
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.