Department for Education · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024
Pupils with an education, health and care plan during the Conservative 2019–2024 government
2018/19 academic year → 2022/23 academic year · 4 periods
↑ 43.5%+118,006 pupils
Pupils with an education, health and care plan rose by 43.5% over the period, from 271,165 pupils (2018/19 academic year, the level when the government took office) to 389,171 (2022/23 academic year, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level 2018/19 academic year: 271,165
Level when it left 2022/23 academic year: 389,171
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
The number of pupils in all schools in England with an education, health and care plan at the January school census.
Doesn’t measure: Children with a plan who are not in school, or the cost of provision.