PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Special Educational Needs: Greater London (9 October 2024)

Information on school capacity in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and mainstream schools as at May 2023 is published at local authority level in the annual School Capacity statistics publication, which can be accessed at the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity.

There are 1,506 places in SEND units and 4,476 places in resourced provision in mainstream schools in London. This data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/91adc73e-edec-4645-a91a-08dce6ed00e6.

There are 21,118 school places in SEND schools in London. This data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/02e993b4-22c1-445e-c3ba-08dce8260458.

There are 470 school places in SEND schools in Barking & Dagenham. This data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/9c99ec5d-eea7-4b5b-c3c5-08dce8260458.

There are 100 school places in SEND units and 282 places in resourced provision in mainstream schools in Barking & Dagenham. This data is also available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/5d08e800-fbdb-4d82-c3c6-08dce8260458.

School capacity data is also published at school level. This can be combined with information from Get Information About Schools (GIAS) to identify parliamentary constituency. GIAS currently reflects the changes made following the general election parliamentary constituency changes and can be accessed at the following link: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.