Pupils with an EHC plan in England's schools
Across England's state schools, pupils with an ehc plan averaged 11.6% in January 2025 (21,932 schools). Since 2016 it has risen by 3.8 points, which is good news. Official definition: education, health and care plan.
The trend
Trend
Pupils with an EHC plan
2016 to 2025
All state schoolsPrimarySecondary
Since 2016: +3.8%
Year by year
| Year | All | Primary | Secondary | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2025 | 11.6% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 21,932 |
| January 2024 | 10.8% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 21,155 |
| January 2023 | 10.1% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 20,559 |
| January 2022 | 9.7% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 20,051 |
| January 2021 | 9.2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 19,588 |
| January 2019 | 7.8% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 18,288 |
| January 2017 | 7.9% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 15,561 |
| January 2016 | 7.8% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 15,183 |
By region
Latest year, best first. The tick is the England figure.
Every council
151 councils ranked, best first. Councils with very few schools swing more from year to year.
| # | Council | Pupils with an EHC plan | Schools | vs England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stockport | 19.7% | 111 | +8.1 pts |
| 2 | Wandsworth | 18.4% | 83 | +6.8 pts |
| 3 | Southend-on-Sea | 16.9% | 52 | +5.3 pts |
| 4 | Ealing | 16.7% | 91 | +5.1 pts |
| 5 | Shropshire | 16.7% | 148 | +5.1 pts |
| 6 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 16.6% | 60 | +5.0 pts |
| 7 | St. Helens | 16.3% | 73 | +4.7 pts |
| 8 | Surrey | 16.2% | 396 | +4.6 pts |
| 9 | Halton | 16.1% | 68 | +4.5 pts |
| 10 | Islington | 15.9% | 62 | +4.3 pts |
| 11 | West Berkshire | 15.9% | 84 | +4.3 pts |
| 12 | Rutland | 15.8% | 24 | +4.2 pts |
| 13 | Darlington | 15.4% | 46 | +3.8 pts |
| 14 | Southwark | 15.4% | 102 | +3.8 pts |
| 15 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 15.4% | 96 | +3.8 pts |
| 16 | Oldham | 15.2% | 99 | +3.6 pts |
| 17 | Lambeth | 15.1% | 92 | +3.5 pts |
| 18 | Camden | 15.1% | 57 | +3.5 pts |
| 19 | Southampton | 15.0% | 78 | +3.4 pts |
| 20 | North Lincolnshire | 15.0% | 84 | +3.4 pts |
| 21 | Liverpool | 14.9% | 168 | +3.3 pts |
| 22 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 14.8% | 104 | +3.2 pts |
| 23 | Rochdale | 14.7% | 82 | +3.1 pts |
| 24 | Telford and Wrekin | 14.7% | 71 | +3.1 pts |
| 25 | Wirral | 14.7% | 117 | +3.1 pts |
| 26 | Stoke-on-Trent | 14.6% | 100 | +3.0 pts |
| 27 | Blackpool | 14.5% | 43 | +2.9 pts |
| 28 | Calderdale | 14.5% | 106 | +2.9 pts |
| 29 | Brent | 14.5% | 90 | +2.8 pts |
| 30 | Trafford | 14.4% | 88 | +2.8 pts |
| 31 | Westminster | 14.3% | 55 | +2.7 pts |
| 32 | East Sussex | 14.2% | 182 | +2.6 pts |
| 33 | Bexley | 14.2% | 85 | +2.6 pts |
| 34 | Walsall | 14.0% | 105 | +2.4 pts |
| 35 | Wolverhampton | 13.9% | 108 | +2.3 pts |
| 36 | Croydon | 13.8% | 131 | +2.2 pts |
| 37 | Hampshire | 13.8% | 539 | +2.2 pts |
| 38 | Kingston upon Thames | 13.7% | 51 | +2.1 pts |
| 39 | Kensington and Chelsea | 13.7% | 38 | +2.1 pts |
| 40 | Hartlepool | 13.5% | 39 | +1.9 pts |
| 41 | Manchester | 13.4% | 179 | +1.8 pts |
| 42 | Bromley | 13.4% | 105 | +1.8 pts |
| 43 | Somerset | 13.4% | 272 | +1.8 pts |
| 44 | Harrow | 13.3% | 62 | +1.7 pts |
| 45 | North Tyneside | 13.3% | 79 | +1.7 pts |
| 46 | Isle of Wight | 13.3% | 47 | +1.6 pts |
| 47 | West Sussex | 13.1% | 289 | +1.5 pts |
| 48 | Stockton-on-Tees | 13.1% | 76 | +1.5 pts |
| 49 | Middlesbrough | 13.1% | 57 | +1.5 pts |
| 50 | Haringey | 13.1% | 79 | +1.5 pts |
| 51 | Kent | 13.0% | 620 | +1.4 pts |
| 52 | Norfolk | 12.9% | 430 | +1.3 pts |
| 53 | Leicestershire | 12.9% | 306 | +1.3 pts |
| 54 | Cheshire East | 12.8% | 155 | +1.2 pts |
| 55 | Sefton | 12.8% | 105 | +1.2 pts |
| 56 | Sutton | 12.8% | 62 | +1.2 pts |
| 57 | Dorset | 12.8% | 163 | +1.2 pts |
| 58 | Worcestershire | 12.7% | 249 | +1.1 pts |
| 59 | Hackney | 12.7% | 75 | +1.1 pts |
| 60 | Torbay | 12.7% | 44 | +1.1 pts |
| 61 | Bury | 12.6% | 76 | +1.0 pts |
| 62 | Merton | 12.6% | 56 | +1.0 pts |
| 63 | Cheshire West and Chester | 12.6% | 154 | +1.0 pts |
| 64 | Solihull | 12.6% | 82 | +1.0 pts |
| 65 | Cambridgeshire | 12.5% | 282 | +0.9 pts |
| 66 | Bristol, City of | 12.4% | 153 | +0.8 pts |
| 67 | Staffordshire | 12.4% | 416 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Redbridge | 12.2% | 82 | +0.6 pts |
| 69 | Enfield | 12.2% | 96 | +0.6 pts |
| 70 | Northumberland | 12.2% | 160 | +0.6 pts |
| 71 | Tower Hamlets | 12.1% | 93 | +0.5 pts |
| 72 | Hillingdon | 12.1% | 95 | +0.5 pts |
| 73 | Lancashire | 12.1% | 642 | +0.5 pts |
| 74 | Warrington | 12.1% | 80 | +0.5 pts |
| 75 | Wigan | 12.0% | 131 | +0.4 pts |
| 76 | Redcar and Cleveland | 11.9% | 61 | +0.3 pts |
| 77 | Tameside | 11.8% | 86 | +0.2 pts |
| 78 | Warwickshire | 11.8% | 248 | +0.2 pts |
| 79 | Peterborough | 11.8% | 83 | +0.2 pts |
| 80 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 11.8% | 70 | +0.2 pts |
| 81 | Devon | 11.7% | 383 | +0.0 pts |
| 82 | Herefordshire, County of | 11.6% | 101 | +0.0 pts |
| 83 | Knowsley | 11.5% | 61 | -0.1 pts |
| 84 | South Gloucestershire | 11.5% | 111 | -0.1 pts |
| 85 | Portsmouth | 11.4% | 61 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Lincolnshire | 11.4% | 363 | -0.2 pts |
| 87 | Greenwich | 11.3% | 90 | -0.3 pts |
| 88 | Wokingham | 11.2% | 61 | -0.4 pts |
| 89 | Barking and Dagenham | 11.2% | 63 | -0.4 pts |
| 90 | Reading | 11.2% | 62 | -0.4 pts |
| 91 | Bolton | 11.1% | 126 | -0.5 pts |
| 92 | Lewisham | 11.1% | 88 | -0.5 pts |
| 93 | Swindon | 11.1% | 87 | -0.5 pts |
| 94 | Gateshead | 11.0% | 84 | -0.6 pts |
| 95 | Wakefield | 11.0% | 147 | -0.6 pts |
| 96 | Hounslow | 11.0% | 77 | -0.6 pts |
| 97 | Medway | 10.9% | 100 | -0.7 pts |
| 98 | Westmorland and Furness | 10.9% | 155 | -0.7 pts |
| 99 | Buckinghamshire | 10.9% | 236 | -0.7 pts |
| 100 | Barnet | 10.9% | 132 | -0.7 pts |
| 101 | Brighton and Hove | 10.9% | 63 | -0.7 pts |
| 102 | Suffolk | 10.7% | 317 | -0.9 pts |
| 103 | Birmingham | 10.7% | 433 | -0.9 pts |
| 104 | Derby | 10.7% | 107 | -0.9 pts |
| 105 | Blackburn with Darwen | 10.7% | 78 | -0.9 pts |
| 106 | Kirklees | 10.6% | 168 | -1.0 pts |
| 107 | Doncaster | 10.5% | 131 | -1.1 pts |
| 108 | Oxfordshire | 10.4% | 311 | -1.2 pts |
| 109 | Gloucestershire | 10.4% | 303 | -1.2 pts |
| 110 | Sunderland | 10.3% | 118 | -1.3 pts |
| 111 | Plymouth | 10.3% | 96 | -1.3 pts |
| 112 | West Northamptonshire | 10.3% | 190 | -1.3 pts |
| 113 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.2% | 153 | -1.4 pts |
| 114 | Dudley | 10.2% | 105 | -1.4 pts |
| 115 | North East Lincolnshire | 10.2% | 65 | -1.4 pts |
| 116 | Milton Keynes | 10.2% | 111 | -1.4 pts |
| 117 | Sheffield | 10.2% | 165 | -1.4 pts |
| 118 | Coventry | 10.1% | 117 | -1.5 pts |
| 119 | North Somerset | 10.1% | 79 | -1.5 pts |
| 120 | Central Bedfordshire | 10.0% | 128 | -1.6 pts |
| 121 | Salford | 9.9% | 94 | -1.7 pts |
| 122 | Rotherham | 9.9% | 120 | -1.7 pts |
| 123 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 9.9% | 100 | -1.7 pts |
| 124 | Wiltshire | 9.8% | 231 | -1.8 pts |
| 125 | North Northamptonshire | 9.8% | 141 | -1.8 pts |
| 126 | South Tyneside | 9.6% | 62 | -2.0 pts |
| 127 | Sandwell | 9.5% | 123 | -2.1 pts |
| 128 | Thurrock | 9.4% | 56 | -2.2 pts |
| 129 | Hertfordshire | 9.3% | 524 | -2.3 pts |
| 130 | Essex | 9.2% | 558 | -2.4 pts |
| 131 | Havering | 9.2% | 83 | -2.4 pts |
| 132 | Barnsley | 9.2% | 89 | -2.4 pts |
| 133 | Waltham Forest | 9.2% | 77 | -2.4 pts |
| 134 | Derbyshire | 8.8% | 418 | -2.8 pts |
| 135 | Bedford | 8.8% | 74 | -2.9 pts |
| 136 | Richmond upon Thames | 8.6% | 60 | -3.0 pts |
| 137 | Bradford | 8.6% | 210 | -3.0 pts |
| 138 | Bath and North East Somerset | 8.4% | 78 | -3.2 pts |
| 139 | Nottingham | 8.4% | 104 | -3.2 pts |
| 140 | Leicester | 8.3% | 112 | -3.3 pts |
| 141 | Bracknell Forest | 8.1% | 36 | -3.5 pts |
| 142 | Slough | 7.9% | 51 | -3.7 pts |
| 143 | Luton | 7.8% | 68 | -3.8 pts |
| 144 | North Yorkshire | 7.7% | 347 | -3.9 pts |
| 145 | York | 7.6% | 63 | -4.0 pts |
| 146 | County Durham | 7.4% | 256 | -4.2 pts |
| 147 | Newham | 7.3% | 102 | -4.3 pts |
| 148 | Nottinghamshire | 7.2% | 329 | -4.4 pts |
| 149 | Cumberland | 7.1% | 172 | -4.5 pts |
| 150 | Cornwall | 6.9% | 284 | -4.7 pts |
| 151 | Leeds | 5.8% | 274 | -5.8 pts |
How to read this
Each figure is a simple average across open state schools that have the measure published. A school counts once whatever its size, so the figures can differ a little from the Department for Education's national figures, which count pupils. Special schools and alternative provision are left out of results measures. Independent schools are left out throughout. Sources and update calendar.