Statistics published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families showed 1.39 million pupils with SEN did not have statements in 2008, representing 17.2 per cent of all pupils.
This compared to 1.33 million with SEN who did not have statements in 2007 representing 16.4 per cent of all pupils.
A total of 223,000 pupils had statements of SEN in 2008, a slight decrease from the 2007 total of 229,000.
Fifty-six per cent of pupils with statements of SEN were in mainstream schools, that is nursery, primary or secondary schools. A total of 37 per cent were in maintained special schools, with almost four per cent in independent schools.
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