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:

• The East Riding JSNA SEND home page
• East Riding children and young people with an education, health and care plan (EHCP)
• Preparation for adulthood for young people with SEND

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.

Key points:

• EHCPs increasing in number, and as a proportion of all pupils in state funded schools the East Riding is higher than national average.
• SEN Support numbers also increasing but are not increasing as quickly as other areas and represent a lower proportion of the East Riding school population than other areas.
• The majority of pupils with SEN are males and the age with highest proportion of SEN in 11 year olds in EHCPs and 9 year olds in SEN Support.
• Primary schools accommodate highest proportion of East Riding SEN, whilst there were lower proportions of SEN Support in East Riding AP/PRU and nurseries.
• EHCPs most prevalent broad and primary needs were ‘Communication and Interaction’ and ‘Speech, Language and Communication needs (SLCN)’ respectively.  For SEN Support it was ‘Cognition and Learning’ and ‘Moderate Learning Difficulty’.  There is a lower prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorder identified as the primary need compared to national.
• Pupils with SEN more likely to be eligible for free school meals than non-SEN pupils
• The East Riding has a lower absence rate than national for pupils with SEN and a lower rate of suspensions. Permanent Exclusions have increased in the last two years.
• Educational attainment outcomes for children with EHC plans in the East Riding are generally higher than comparator areas, whilst for those with SEN Support are largely lower.  However, attainment levels have decreased for ECHP pupils in the last year, with SEN Support (largely) improving.
• KS2 ‘writing’ attainment in SEN Support is particularly low compared to other areas.

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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.

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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