This means that 1.69 million, or 21 per cent of all children, now struggle with some sort of additional need or learning difficulty.
Despite the increase, the number of pupils with statements of SEN decreased from 236,750 in 2006 to 220,890 in 2010.
But boys are still two and a half times more likely than girls to have statements at primary school and nearly three times more likely to have statements at secondary school.
Children with SEN were found to be around twice as likely to be eligible for free school meals than other pupils.
Those with SEN statements relating to behavioural, emotional or social difficulties were most likely to be eligible for free school meals.
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