This report presents school placement trends (i.e. the proportion of children placed in special schools or other separate settings) from 2007 to 2013 for each local authority in England. It is the most recent issue in the ongoing (since 1988) CSIE series on school placement Trends, the only source of local authority comparative information; the government collects the information but only publishes a national average. Like other Trends reports before it, this reveals huge variation in the way local authorities respond to diversity; some rely more on ordinary local schools, while others regularly send high proportions of children to separate special schools. These differences bear no simple relation to the size of a local authority or its social or geographical characteristics.

Such clear and detailed information on what routinely happens in one’s own, neighbouring and distant local authorities will be of interest to parents, education professionals and campaigners alike. It can help people reach better informed decisions about individual children’s school placements and formulate better informed evaluations of provision at local and national levels.

The summary table of 0-19 year-olds placed in special schools 2007-2013 is available to download free of charge.

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ISBN: 978 1 872001 73 9