Lincolnshire's SEND and Alternative Provision Inclusion Plan

Overview of SEND

SEN support Since 2014 the percentage of children receiving SEN support has risen both in Lincolnshire, most recently being 14.3% compared to 13.6% nationally.
EHCNA requests Since 2017, Lincolnshire has an average yearly growth in requests of 18.1% compared to 14.5% nationally. The bulk of the growth followed the pandemic. 51% of Lincolnshire requests are made by schools.
EHC plans Since 2016, the percentage of the school population with an EHCP or statement has grown from 2.9% to 5.4%. This is a larger rate of growth when compared to a national growth from 2.8% to 4.8%.
Primary need Since 2016, the three areas with the largest growth in need are ASD, SEMH and SLCN. One of these needs present in 50.5% of SEN in schools up from 33.4% in 2016. The largest decrease is MLD which has reduced from 31.7% to 18.8%.