The number of children with recognised special educational needs attending special schools has risen in recent years, as has the quality of provision.
More children with Education, Health and Care plans or statements are now educated within maintained special schools than at any point since 2007, with 43 per cent going into maintained provision as of January 2016, data from the Department of Education shows.
Meanwhile, the proportion of these pupils placed in independent schools increased from just under four per cent in 2009 to above six per cent in 2016, with an additional two per cent entering non-maintained special schools - a specific type of independent provider.
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