FOI release

SEND deregistrations in Herefordshire

Case reference FOI2025/01065

Received 3 June 2025

Published 24 June 2025

Request

* Please provide an overall figure for each date, and then break this down into separate figures for 'children with an active EHCP' AND 'children awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment' for each date

2) The total number of children of typical primary school/secondary school/sixth form/college age (4-18) that attended either a state-funded mainstream school or a state-funded Special Educational Needs school that either 1) formerly had an active EHCP with your council, or 2) were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment from your council, that were permanently deregistered from formal education between the following dates: * 1st January - 31st December 2020 * 1st January - 31st December 2021 * 1st January - 31st December 2022 * 1st January - 31st December 2023 * 1st January - 31st December 2024

* Please provide the total figure per year, and then break this down into separate figures for 'children who formerly had an active EHCP' AND 'children who were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment'

Response

1. The total number of children of typical primary school/secondary school/sixth form/college age (4-18) at either a state-funded mainstream school or a state-funded Special Educational Needs school with either 1) an active EHCP with your council, or 2) awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment from your council, as on: 31st December 2020 31st December 2021 31st December 2022 31st December 2023 31st December 2024 Please provide an overall figure for each date, and then break this down into separate figures for 'children with an active EHCP' AND 'children awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment' for each date

Answer: Number of children with an EHC Plan reported in SEN2 of January each year

year	age	EHCP	Caseload
2024	Age 11 to 15	EHCP	583
2024	Age 16 to 19	EHCP	273
2024	Age 5 to 10	EHCP	463
			1319
2023	Age 11 to 15	EHCP	487
2023	Age 16 to 19	EHCP	262
2023	Age 5 to 10	EHCP	412
			1161
2022	Age 11 to 15	EHCP	462
2022	Age 16 to 19	EHCP	220
2022	Age 5 to 10	EHCP	401
			1083
2021	Age 11 to 15	EHCP	418
2021	Age 16 to 19	EHCP	185
2021	Age 5 to 10	EHCP	361
			964
2020	Age 11 to 15	EHCP	379
2020	Age 16 to 19	EHCP	182
2020	Age 5 to 10	EHCP	340
			901

1st January - 31st December 2020 1st January - 31st December 2021 1st January - 31st December 2022 1st January - 31st December 2023 1st January - 31st December 2024 Please provide the total figure per year, and then break this down into separate figures for 'children who formerly had an active EHCP' AND 'children who were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment'

1) Answer: Number of children and young people assessed who are still being assessed or where assessment has been completed but no decision taken for an EHC plan

2024	35
2023	19
2022	45
2021	not available
2020	not available

1) formerly had an active EHCP with your council,

EHC plans discontinued

2024	102
2023	83
2022	not available
2021	not available
2020	not available

3) were awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment from your council, that were permanently deregistered from formal education between the following dates:

This data is not available on the number of children awaiting the outcome of an EHCP needs assessment, that were permanently deregistered from formal education. Children might become deregistered as a result of emigrating England. In this case the assessment would not continue. If an individual was awaiting the outcome of an EHCP assessment and then left formal education to become home educated, assessment would continue unless the parent / carer requested otherwise.

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