Dear Worcestershire County Council,

Could you please provide the following information for years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 respectively in relation to your Local Authority(LA) maintained/state-funded mainstream schools (not special schools, pupil referral units or out-of borough pupils):

1) SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT & COSTS
The percentage of pupils with SEN without statement by month of birth and gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

2) SEN WITH STATEMENT & COSTS
The percentage of pupils with SEN with statement by month of birth and gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

3) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age in Year 7 at the start of the academic with each primary type of need listed below with SEN without statement in
a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty
• Moderate Learning Difficulty
• Severe Learning Difficulty
• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty
• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Multi-Sensory Impairment
• Physical Disability
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Other Difficulty/Disability

4) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITH STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age in Year 7 at the start of the academic year with each primary type of need listed below with SEN with statement in
a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty
• Moderate Learning Difficulty
• Severe Learning Difficulty
• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty
• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Multi-Sensory Impairment
• Physical Disability
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Other Difficulty/Disability

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Melson

Dear Ms Clarke

Many thanks for your response.

I note from the data provided that there is a high proportion of summer-born pupils with SEN no statement compared to autumn-born pupils.

I hope that the data collated will help inform WCC's school admissions team's decision making process when considering parental requests for the admission of summer-borns to reception at compulsory school age.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle Melson