East Riding of Yorkshire SEND JSNA home page
This page is the first of a set of East Riding JSNA web-pages related to special educational needs or disability (SEND), details of the other pages can be found below. The aim of the East Riding JSNA website, is to describe the population of children and young people aged 0-24 (up to 25th birthday) years within the East Riding, with identified special educational needs. This website compliments the separate SEND JSNA Intelligence document, available to view in the next section.
The SEND section of the JSNA website has been divided into 5 main pages outlined in the numbered list below, all of which contain downloadable files and is frequently updated when new information becomes available.
1. The East Riding JSNA SEND home page (this page)
2. SEND in East Riding schools
3. Attainment outcomes for children and young people with SEND
4. EHCPs maintained by the East Riding
5. Preparation for Adulthood for Young people with SEND page
The pages can also be accessed from the menu bar at the top (under ‘Childrens’ and then choosing ‘Vulnerable Groups’).
East Riding SEND JSNA document
The 2025 JSNA SEND document is available to view via the link below. The document was up to date at the time of writing, however there are frequent updates to the intelligence and these can be viewed on the relevant pages listed in the section above.
A basic overview of SEND
A child or young person is considered to have a special educational need or disability if they face significantly greater challenges in learning compared to their peers, or if a physical or mental health condition hinders their ability to access educational facilities. This section briefly describes the different stages of support that are provided and the broad areas of need.
There are 2 stages of support for meeting the needs of children with SEN, outlined below:
| Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support | Is the process schools and similar settings use to identify and meet the needs of children with special educational needs. |
| An Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) | Is a higher level of support than SEN Support for children with special educational needs, determined by a formal assessment (EHC Needs assessment) and is a legal document which describes a child or young person’s aged up to 25 special educational needs, the support they need, and the outcomes they would like to achieve. |
In the Code of Practice Children’s SEN are generally thought of in the following broad and primary areas of need:
| Broad area of need | Primary area of need (within Broad area of need) |
| Communication and interaction | – Speech, language and communication need (SLCN) – Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) |
| Cognition and learning | – Moderate Learning difficulty (MLD) – Severe Learning difficulty (SLD) – Profound and Multiple Learning difficulty (PMLD) – Specific Learning difficulty (SpLD) |
| Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) | – Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) |
| Sensory and/or physical | – Vision impairment (VI) – Hearing impairment (HI) – Multi-sensory impairment (MSI) – Physical disability (PD) |
The East Riding Local Offer
The purpose of the Local Offer is to provide clear, accessible information about what services are available in the area for parents, children and young people aged 0 – 25 years with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND). This is a major part of the SEND reforms which aims to transform the way children, young people and their families can access services and achieve their aspirations.
The website can be found here: Home (eastridinglocaloffer.org.uk). Information and support is separated into 6 sections, Education, Health, Care & Support, Leisure, Money, and Adulthood.
Interactive map of SEND focussed community assets
| The HEY Smile Foundation have produced an interactive map available to view from this link (or clicking on the map image on the right). This map shows the SEND provision that the HEY Smile Foundation is currently aware of across the East Riding. It is designed as a practical resource for families, professionals, and community partners who support children and young people with SEND. SMILE are committed to keeping this map as accurate and up to date as possible. If you notice anything missing, if information is incorrect, or if you would like your organisation to be included, please get in touch, they are more than happy to update it. Please contact [email protected]. |  |
Further information
This section provides links to other related websites.
- UK Government, Department for Education. Special educational needs in England, Academic year 2022/23
- UK Government, Department for Education. Education, health and care plans, Reporting Year 2023
- Local area Special Educational Needs and Disabilities report for East Riding of Yorkshire Council (LG Inform)
- Speech, language and communication needs assessment report for East Riding of Yorkshire, 2019 (PHE)
- Educational experiences of young people with special educational needs and disabilities in England (Office for National Statistics)
- Health and Wellbeing in East Riding of Yorkshire: A Focus on Children (LG Inform)
- Children in Need and Care in East Riding of Yorkshire (LG Inform)
- Child Health Profile for the East Riding, 2023 (OHID)
- Learning Disability Profile for the East Riding (OHID)