Lincolnshire's Inclusion Strategy 2025-26

Overview of SEND

SEN support Since 2014 the percentage of children receiving SEN support has risen both in Lincolnshire, most recently being 14.2% which is the same as the national rate.
EHCNA requests Since 2017, Lincolnshire has an average yearly growth in requests of 17.4% compared to 14.1% nationally. The bulk of the growth followed the pandemic. 53% of Lincolnshire requests are made by schools.
EHC plans Since 2016, the percentage of the school population with an EHCP or statement has grown from 2.9% to 6.1%. This is a larger rate of growth when compared to a national growth from 2.8% to 5.3%.
Primary need Since 2016, the three areas with the largest growth in need are ASD, SEMH and SLCN. One of these needs present in 48.9% of SEN in schools up from 33.4% in 2016. The largest decrease is MLD which has reduced from 31.7% to 23.9%.