Children with Education, Health and Care Plans as of December 2025

Request

1) Please provide the most recent data available (as of December 2025) regarding children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs):

a) The total number of children with a maintained EHCP who are currently awaiting a named school placement (i.e., Section I of the EHCP is blank or lists a type of setting but not a specific school).

b) The total number of children with an EHCP currently receiving "Education Other Than at School" (EOTAS) because no suitable school place is available.

c) The total number of children with an EHCP currently on a part-time timetable due to behavioral or medical needs.

Please break these figures down by Primary Need (e.g., ASD, SEMH)

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 

  • 1a. 360 open plans named to type.

Primary Need

Total named to Type

Autistic Spectrum Disorder

90

Hearing Impairment

2

Moderate Learning Difficulties

10

Oher

2

Physical Disability

10

Profound and multiple learning disability

1

Social Emotional and Mental Health

166

Speech Language and Communication Needs

63

Severe Learning Difficulty

2

Specific Learning Difficulty

14

 

b. •       Lincolnshire County Council do not class CYP as EOTAS if they are awaiting a suitable school placement. EOTAS is only used for CYP where attendance at a school setting has been deemed inappropriate.

•            Section 19 interim provision - 153 children and young people.

 

Primary Need

EHCPs

Autistic spectrum disorder

23

Other difficulty

1

Physical disability

5

Social, emotional and mental health

23

Specific learning difficulty

1

Speech, language and communication needs

3

Visual Impairment

1

Grand Total

57

 

 

c.           203 children with an EHCP are currently on a Part time timetable. 73 for medical reasons, 4 that mention behaviour as a reason and 126 due to other needs (not stated as medical or behavioural).

•            We do not hold data on the breakdown of primary need for these pupils 

Reference number
14828557
Date request received
17 December 2025
Date of decision
23 January 2026