East Riding JSNA

Health and Wellbeing Assessment in the East Riding

SEN Support

Pupils with SEN support in East Riding schools

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support is what schools and similar settings use to find and meet the needs of children with SEN. Schools offer a range of support for all children and young people. Those with SEN may require extra support at different stages of their education.

It is one of 4 main pages relating to SEND on the East Riding JSNA website. The others being:

These pages are usually updated annually, but more regularly updated SEND data dashboard reports can be accessed from the East Riding Local Offer website.

This Pupils with SEN Support page is divided into the following sections, clicking on any the 3 points listed below, will take you directly to that part of the page:

1. Headline figures

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2. Children with SEN Support in East Riding schools

The School Census DfE Statistics (June 2024) document embedded below, highlights a number of key statistics and trends relating to SEN Support in schools, it is the same document which features on the EHC plan page.

Please note pupils with an EHC Plan also feature within the document, however key points about those will feature on the EHCP page. Also, East Riding schools can contain children with SEN Support who live in other local authority areas, so this particular section is not exclusively about East Riding residents with SEN Support.

Each page of the document contains detailed points, a summary of those can be found below.

  • The number and proportion of pupils with SEN support in East Riding schools: There were 5,377 pupils with SEN support in East Riding state-funded schools in 2024, accounting for 11.9% of the school population. This was an increase of 3.8% from 2023 and 12.5% from 2016.
  • The gender and distribution of pupils with SEN support: 63% of pupils with SEN support were male, which was consistent with national and regional trends. Between 2023 and 2024, the proportion of SEN support increased in both primary and secondary schools, but more so in secondary schools. 94.5% of SEN support pupils were in East Riding mainstream schools, higher than the national average of 90.7%.
  • The type and area of need of pupils with SEN support: Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD) was the most common type of need for pupils with SEN support, followed by Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). Cognition and Learning was the most common broad area of need, followed by Communication and Interaction. The proportion of SEN support with Sensory, Physical and Medical needs matched the national figure.
  • The age and socio-economic profile of pupils with SEN support: The percentage of pupils with SEN support peaked at age 9 and declined thereafter. Pupils with SEN support were more likely to be eligible for free school meals than pupils without SEN, and more likely to have English as their first language. The ethnic group with the highest proportion of SEN support was Traveller of Irish Heritage, followed by Gypsy/Roma.

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3. Attainment Outcomes for pupils with SEN Support

The document embedded within this section provides attainment outcomes for Early Years, Phonics, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 by SEN category. Also included is Level 2 (5 GCSEs 9-4 or equivalent) and Level 3 (2 A levels or equivalent) Attainment at age 19. Please note that this is a 2023 document, with an updated version likely to be produced in the Autumn of 2024, It is also the same document which features on the EHC plan page.

Key points from this document will follow underneath.

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Educational attainment outcomes for children with SEN Support in the East Riding, are largely lower when compared to the regional and national averages, although some indicators have shown signs of improvement in the last year. This lower level of attainment at SEN Support is in sharp contrast to East Riding pupils with an EHC Plan, who mostly record higher attainment rates when compared to region and national

  • The proportion of East Riding pupils achieving a good level of development at Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in 2023, equated to 23.4%, lower than national (24.5%) but higher than region (23.2%).  The East Riding has generally seen a declining rate since 2017, at which point it was higher than both other comparators.  Whilst the East Riding rate decreased between 2022 and 2023 (from 24.7% to 23.4%) the national and region averages increased in this period (page 3).  In contrast to SEN Support pupils, East Riding pupils with EHC plans have achieved a higher percentage of good level of development in EYFS than both national and region.
  • East Riding SEN Support pupils achieving the expected standard in Phonics in Year 1, has largely been decreasing since 2018 (at which time 44.5% achieved the standard) and in 2023 this had decreased to 40.8%, lower than the national and regional averages (48.5% and 47.9%).  Between 2022 and 2023 there had been a sharp rise in attainment for the national and regional averages (both recording almost 50% increases), however in this time the East Riding decreased by 40.8% (page 4).  In the same period, East Riding EHC plan pupils attained a higher percent of expected standards in phonics than both region and England.
  • The expected standard at KS1 ‘Reading, Writing and Maths combined’ was achieved by 15.7% of East Riding SEN Support pupils, lower than region and national (18.2% and 19.1% respectively).  The East Riding recorded a sharp decline in attainment between 2019 and 2022, however the percent increase in the East Riding between 2022 and 2023 was higher than national and regional averages (page 5).  East Riding EHC plan pupils again attained a higher percent of expected standards than region and national for this indicator.
  • For the KS2 ‘Reading, Writing and Maths combined’, 18.4% of East Riding SEN Support pupils achieved the expected standard.  This was again lower than region and national (22.2% and 23.5% respectively).  The East Riding recorded a decline in attainment between 2018 and 2022 (which was partially observed at regional and national level too) but there was an increase in the East Riding between 2022 and 2023 (page 9).  East Riding EHC plan pupils attained a higher percent of expected standards than region and national for this indicator.
  • There was a decrease in the East Riding SEN Support average attainment score of Year 4 multiplication check between 2022 and 2023, in contrast the region and national averages increased (page 13).
  • The KS4 Average Attainment 8 Score for East Riding pupils with SEN Support had risen and fallen between 2018 and 2023, following national trends.  In 2023, the average attainment score of 31.8 was lower than national, but higher than region (30.3) (page 14).  East Riding EHC plan pupils recorded average compared to region and national. 
  • Whilst the average attainment score was lower in the East Riding for SEN Support, the East Riding SEN Support ‘Progress 8 Score’ increased at a higher rate than both national and region between 2022 and 2023 (page 15).
  • Level 2 Attainment at age 19 for East Riding pupils with SEN Support had steadily decreased from 2019. In that year, attainment was at 70.5%, higher than both region and national averages.   This figure had dropped to 60.8% in 2023, a lower proportion reported at national level (63%) but higher than region (54.9%) (page 15).

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