East Riding JSNA

Health and Wellbeing Assessment in the East Riding

Special educational needs and disability (SEND)

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.

As opposed to creating one overall JSNA document, which can quickly become out of date, we are instead using this website which will be updated as and when new intelligence becomes available, although the SEND JSNA pages do contain downloadable files. The core files that make up the main pages are usually updated once a year, but other material is routinely updated as it becomes available. More regularly updated SEND data dashboard reports can be accessed from the East Riding Local Offer website.

The SEND section of the JSNA website has been divided into 4 main pages outlined in the bulleted list below.

The pages can also be accessed from the menu bar at the top (under ‘Childrens’ and then choosing ‘Vulnerable Groups’).

This East Riding JSNA SEND home page contains the following sections. Clicking on any of the bullet points listed below, will take you directly to that part of the page:

1. 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 areas of need:

  • Communication and interaction includes speech, language and communication need (SLCN) and Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)
  • Cognition and learning – Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs, including:
    • Moderate Learning difficulty (MLD)
    • Severe Learning difficulty (SLD)
    • Profound and Multiple Learning difficulty (PMLD)
    • Specific Learning difficulty (SpLD)
  • Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
  • Sensory and/or physical needs includes vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI), multi-sensory impairment (MSI) and physical disability (PD).

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2. Key points relating to SEND in the East Riding

This section highlights a number of key points from the SEND JSNA pages (listed at the top of this page), based on the reports released in July 2024 by the Children’s Performance Team.

EHC plans

  • Number and characteristics of EHC plans: The East Riding had 3,410 EHC plans in January 2024, mostly for males aged 11-15.
  • Placement group and trends of EHC plans: The East Riding had more EHC plans in mainstream schools and less in special schools than the national average. The number of plans for children and young people (CYP) who are NEET or in home education also increased.
  • Personal budgets for EHC plans: The number of personal budgets for EHC plans rose by 30% in the East Riding, while it decreased by 3% nationally. Most of the personal budgets were direct payments for social care, and some were LA managed.
  • New EHC plans issued in 2023: The East Riding issued 522 new EHC plans in 2023, a 30% increase from the previous year. Most of the new plans were for males and for CYPs of primary school and pre-school age. 91% of the new plans were for CYPs in a school or education setting.
  • Initial requests and 20-week timeliness for EHC plans: The East Riding received 676 initial requests for EHC assessments in 2023, a 24% increase from the previous year. 21% of the requests were refused, slightly lower than the national average. The East Riding achieved a 98.7% timeliness for issuing new EHC plans within 20 weeks, well above the national figure of 50%.
  • EHC plans discontinued in 2023: The East Riding ceased to maintain 271 EHC plans in 2023, a 36% increase from the previous year. 37% of the plans were discontinued due to moving out of the LA, and 26% due to CYPs leaving education. The East Riding also had a higher proportion of plans discontinued due to CYPs going into employment than the national average.

SEN in East Riding schools:

  • Proportion of EHCPs: the proportion of EHCPs in East Riding schools continues to increase and is above national and regional comparators.
  • Proportion of pupils at SEN support: the proportion of pupils at SEN support in East Riding schools continues to increase but is still below national and regional comparators.
  • EHCP needs: The most prevalent need for EHCPs in East Riding schools is SLCN: this does not match the national picture in which ASD is the most prevalent need for pupils with EHCPs.
  • SEN Support needs: The most prevalent need for SEN support in East Riding schools is MLD; this also does not match the national picture in which most prevalent need for SEN support is SLCN.
  • State-funded AP/PRU: The East Riding has a much higher proportion of CYPs with EHCPs in state-funded AP/PRU (The Hub): 62.7% compared to 24.2% nationally. As a result, the proportion of CYPs at SEN support placed in this provision type is a lot less than the national comparator; 13.5% compared to 58.1% nationally.
  • Percentage in mainstream schools: the percentage of all pupils with EHCPs who are in mainstream schools (state-funded primary and secondary) has increased from 72.8% to 75.1% in 2024; this is higher than the national comparator of 54.4%
  • Free school meals: CYPs with SEND are more likely to be eligible for free school meals than pupils with no SEND; this is also reflected at a national level.

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3. 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. A directory of services and groups can also be searched. Regularly updated SEND data dashboard reports can be accessed from this page.

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4. Previous East Riding SEND JSNA documents

Previous JSNA documents related to SEND can be found below.

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5. Further information

This section provides links to other related websites.

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Tags: Children, Education, Health and Social Care Services, Individual behaviours, Living Conditions