Children and young people with an EHC plan maintained by East Riding of Yorkshire Council: there have been increasing numbers of EHC plans annually. More than half are placed within mainstream schools (a higher proportion than region or national) and less than a fifth placed within special schools (lower than regional and national averages). ‘Social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH)’ is the primary need with the highest count in EHC plans. There are higher rates (per head of population) of EHC plans within the most deprived communities of the East Riding.

Pupils with an EHC plan in East Riding schools*: numbers have been increasing year on year, most are males and a higher proportion are in primary and secondary schools compared to the national average. Speech, Language, and Communications needs is the most common need (note this is not highlighted in the summary infographic table above) and there is a higher eligibility for free school meals than non-SEN pupils. *Note: not of all of these pupils will be maintained by the East Riding local authority.

Educational attainment of children and young people with an EHC plan in East Riding schools: higher educational attainment outcomes in the East Riding than region and national averages (in contrast to pupils with SEN support who are lower than the two comparators).

Children and young people with an EHC plan maintained by East Riding of Yorkshire Council: there have been increasing numbers of EHC plans annually. More than half are placed within mainstream schools (a higher proportion than region or national) and less than a fifth placed within special schools (lower than regional and national averages). ‘Social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH)’ is the primary need with the highest count in EHC plans. There are higher rates (per head of population) of EHC plans within the most deprived communities of the East Riding.

To accompany the PDF above, please also refer to this accompanying document which expands on a number of key points.

Broad area of need

The types of broad area of need, are presented below in table 1 and chart 1. Counts of each broad area need are shown on both, with the table showing each need as a proportion of all.

Table 1. Broad area of need of EHC plans, maintained by the East Riding (January 2023 cohort)

Chart 1. Broad area of need of EHC plans, maintained by the East Riding (January 2023 cohort)

Primary area of need

Table 2. Primary area of need of EHC plans, maintained by the East Riding (January 2023 cohort)

Chart 2. Primary area of need of EHC plans, maintained by the East Riding (January 2023 cohort)

Local authority of residence

In January 2023, of the 3,057 individuals with an EHC plan maintained by the East Riding:

• 3,003 (98%) lived within the East Riding local authority boundary
• 23 (1%) lived within the Kingston upon Hull local authority boundary
• the remaining 31 (1%) lived elsewhere

Areas of residence within the East Riding (including deprivation)

Further analysis was completed on the 3,003 individuals living within the East Riding boundary and is presented below.

Within the East Riding, it was observed there were higher rates of children and young people with an EHC plan living within the coastal communities (or close by) of the East Riding. There were statistically significantly higher rates (when compared to the East Riding average) within South East Holderness, Bridlington Central and Old Town, Bridlington South and North Holderness.

Figure 1 below, displays the rates of residence by local deprivation quintile. Local deprivation quintiles divide the 210 East Riding lower super output areas (LSOAs) that were categorised in 2011, into equal fifths, after being sorted on their overall deprivation score. The chart informs us that a significantly higher rate of children and young people with an EHC plan live within the most deprived 20% of East Riding communities and that the rates reduce with every subsequent quintile.

Figure 1

Broad area of need and deprivation

Figure 2 illustrates the prevalence of the broad area of need, by local deprivation band.

The chart shows that there is a higher prevalence, within the most deprived quintile, of ‘cognition and learning’ and ‘social, emotional and mental health’ needs. However, these are not significantly different from the prevalence recorded in other quintiles.

The prevalence of most broad areas of need were simliar (statistically) across the deprivation bands, the only notable difference was a significantly higher rate of ‘sensory, physical and medical’ needs within Quintile 5 (the least deprived) at 17%, when compared to Quintile 1 (most deprived) which had a 10% prevalence.

Figure 2

Children and young people with an EHC plan in East Riding schools*: numbers have been increasing year on year, most are males and a higher proportion are in primary and secondary schools compared to the national average. Speech, Language, and Communications needs is the most common need (note this is not highlighted in the summary infographic table above) and there is a higher eligibility for free school meals than non-SEN pupils. 

*Please note pupils with SEN Support also feature within the document, however key points about those pupils will feature on the SEN Support page. Also note that East Riding schools can contain children with EHC plan from other local authorities, so this section is not exclusively about East Riding residents with an EHCP.

To accompany the PDF above, please also refer to this accompanying document which expands on a number of key points.

Educational attainment of children and young people with an EHC plan in East Riding schools: higher educational attainment outcomes in the East Riding than region and national averages (in contrast to pupils with SEN support who are lower than the two comparators).

To accompany the PDF above, please also refer to this accompanying document which expands on a number of key points.