Department for Education analysis of the schools census shows that as of January 2019 there were more pupils needing both SEN and higher level support from an education, health and care plan (EHCP) or statement.
There were more than 1.3 million pupils with SEN at the start of this year, compared with just over 1.2 million in 2016, when the rate was 14.4 per cent - an increase of 7.3 per cent.
The number of statemented pupils or those with an EHCP has also increased over the same period, from 236,805 in 2016, to 271,165 - an increase of 14.5 per cent.
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