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EHC plans by council, England

Children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan maintained by each of England's 153 councils with education duties, with the regions and England, in January, from the DfE.

England

718,838

January 2026

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC
EHC plans
050k100k150kNorth East31,915North West106,277Yorkshire and The Humber66,212East Midlands54,840West Midlands75,241East of England83,177London108,712South East122,687South West69,777

Source: Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

In order

Ranked by the hub EHC plans

Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.

  1. 1Kent21,742
  2. 2Hampshire20,499
  3. 3Surrey17,765
  4. 4Essex15,776
  5. 5Hertfordshire15,137
  6. 6Lancashire14,728
  7. 7Norfolk13,777
  8. 8Birmingham13,221
  9. 9Suffolk11,598
  10. 10West Sussex10,945
  11. 11Devon10,340
  12. 12Staffordshire9,979
  13. 13Manchester9,874
  14. 14Lincolnshire9,381
  15. 15Derbyshire9,022
  16. 16Leicestershire8,812
  17. 17Cambridgeshire8,619
  18. 18Oxfordshire8,559
  19. 19Bradford8,489
  20. 20Worcestershire8,276
  21. 21Warwickshire8,227
  22. 22Liverpool7,875
  23. 23Buckinghamshire, the former county's code7,629
  24. 24Gloucestershire7,521
  25. 25Leeds7,474
  26. 26Sheffield, its area before 1 April 20257,019
  27. 27Wiltshire6,914
  28. 28Wirral6,480
  29. 29North Yorkshire, the former county's code6,444
  30. 30Somerset, the former county's code6,350
  31. 31Nottinghamshire6,265
  32. 32Croydon5,926
  33. 33County Durham5,776
  34. 34Bristol, City of5,770
  35. 35Cornwall5,575
  36. 36Cheshire East5,440
  37. 37North Northamptonshire5,372
  38. 38West Northamptonshire5,337
  39. 39East Sussex5,243
  40. 40Kirklees5,092
  41. 41Enfield5,055
  42. 42Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole4,982
  43. 43Barnet4,840
  44. 44Tower Hamlets4,834
  45. 45Bromley4,790
  46. 46Sandwell4,780
  47. 47Walsall4,779
  48. 48Dorset4,719
  49. 49Ealing4,546
  50. 50Cheshire West and Chester4,395
  51. 51Central Bedfordshire4,357
  52. 52Medway4,287
  53. 53Sefton4,197
  54. 54Leicester4,175
  55. 55Brent4,171
  56. 56Wakefield4,167
  57. 57Northumberland4,163
  58. 58Dudley4,151
  59. =59Rotherham4,062
  60. =59Wigan4,062
  61. 61Oldham3,959
  62. 62Waltham Forest3,946
  63. 63Stockport3,930
  64. 64Kingston upon Hull, City of3,919
  65. 65East Riding of Yorkshire3,917
  66. 66Coventry3,914
  67. 67Bolton3,909
  68. 68Tameside3,837
  69. 69Redbridge3,830
  70. 70Rochdale3,807
  71. 71Hillingdon3,735
  72. 72Derby3,734
  73. 73Salford3,727
  74. 74Hackney3,721
  75. 75Stoke-on-Trent3,707
  76. 76Lewisham3,698
  77. 77South Gloucestershire3,669
  78. 78Plymouth3,646
  79. 79Newham3,639
  80. 80Greenwich3,626
  81. 81Southwark3,619
  82. 82Bexley3,540
  83. 83Hounslow3,499
  84. 84Newcastle upon Tyne3,496
  85. 85Havering3,419
  86. 86Trafford3,405
  87. 87Barnsley, its area before 1 April 20253,380
  88. 88Shropshire3,360
  89. 89Wandsworth3,359
  90. 90Lambeth3,350
  91. 91Doncaster3,336
  92. 92Wolverhampton3,324
  93. 93Barking and Dagenham3,297
  94. 94Milton Keynes3,202
  95. 95Brighton and Hove3,193
  96. =96Peterborough3,191
  97. =96Sunderland3,191
  98. 98Knowsley3,172
  99. 99Bury3,099
  100. 100Cumberland3,088
  101. 101Haringey3,048
  102. 102Luton3,037
  103. 103Harrow3,019
  104. 104North Somerset3,007
  105. 105Southampton2,945
  106. =106Calderdale2,934
  107. =106Thurrock2,934
  108. 108Merton2,917
  109. 109Solihull2,806
  110. 110Stockton-on-Tees2,800
  111. 111Swindon2,789
  112. 112Sutton2,708
  113. =113Bath and North East Somerset2,687
  114. =113Westmorland and Furness2,687
  115. 115Telford and Wrekin2,669
  116. 116St. Helens2,644
  117. 117Portsmouth2,616
  118. 118North Tyneside2,590
  119. 119Slough2,585
  120. 120Warrington2,494
  121. 121Wokingham2,435
  122. 122Southend-on-Sea2,432
  123. 123Islington2,334
  124. 124Bedford2,319
  125. 125Nottingham2,311
  126. 126North East Lincolnshire2,261
  127. 127Richmond upon Thames2,166
  128. 128Kingston upon Thames2,159
  129. 129Middlesbrough2,133
  130. 130Reading2,077
  131. 131Herefordshire, County of2,048
  132. 132Gateshead2,046
  133. 133North Lincolnshire1,941
  134. 134Blackpool1,904
  135. 135West Berkshire1,884
  136. 136South Tyneside1,861
  137. 137Hammersmith and Fulham1,843
  138. 138Halton1,825
  139. 139Torbay1,793
  140. 140York1,777
  141. 141Blackburn with Darwen1,739
  142. 142Bracknell Forest1,718
  143. 143Camden1,645
  144. 144Redcar and Cleveland1,565
  145. 145Westminster1,527
  146. 146Windsor and Maidenhead1,363
  147. 147Darlington1,227
  148. 148Hartlepool1,067
  149. 149Kensington and Chelsea880
  150. 150Rutland431
  151. 151City of London26
  152. 152Isles of Scilly15

No figure published for Barnsley (given under its old code, E08000016), Buckinghamshire (given under the former county's code, E10000002), Isle of Wight (not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’), North Yorkshire (given under the former county's code, E10000023), Sheffield (given under its old code, E08000019), Somerset (given under the former county's code, E10000027).

Counts follow the size of the place, so the largest places tend to come first.

Data table

163 rows

AreaEHC plans
Kent E1000001621,742
Hampshire E1000001420,499
Surrey E1000003017,765
Essex E1000001215,776
Hertfordshire E1000001515,137
Lancashire E1000001714,728
Norfolk E1000002013,777
Birmingham E0800002513,221
Suffolk E1000002911,598
West Sussex E1000003210,945
Devon E1000000810,340
Staffordshire E100000289,979
Manchester E080000039,874
Lincolnshire E100000199,381
Derbyshire E100000079,022
Leicestershire E100000188,812
Cambridgeshire E100000038,619
Oxfordshire E100000258,559
Bradford E080000328,489
Worcestershire E100000348,276
Warwickshire E100000318,227
Liverpool E080000127,875
Buckinghamshire E10000002 the former county's code7,629
Gloucestershire E100000137,521
Leeds E080000357,474
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 20257,019
Wiltshire E060000546,914
Wirral E080000156,480
North Yorkshire E10000023 the former county's code6,444
Somerset E10000027 the former county's code6,350
Nottinghamshire E100000246,265
Croydon E090000085,926
County Durham E060000475,776
Bristol, City of E060000235,770
Cornwall E060000525,575
Cheshire East E060000495,440
North Northamptonshire E060000615,372
West Northamptonshire E060000625,337
East Sussex E100000115,243
Kirklees E080000345,092
Enfield E090000105,055
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E060000584,982
Barnet E090000034,840
Tower Hamlets E090000304,834
Bromley E090000064,790
Sandwell E080000284,780
Walsall E080000304,779
Dorset E060000594,719
Ealing E090000094,546
Cheshire West and Chester E060000504,395
Central Bedfordshire E060000564,357
Medway E060000354,287
Sefton E080000144,197
Leicester E060000164,175
Brent E090000054,171
Wakefield E080000364,167
Northumberland E060000574,163
Dudley E080000274,151
Wigan E080000104,062
Rotherham E080000184,062
Oldham E080000043,959
Waltham Forest E090000313,946
Stockport E080000073,930
Kingston upon Hull, City of E060000103,919
East Riding of Yorkshire E060000113,917
Coventry E080000263,914
Bolton E080000013,909
Tameside E080000083,837
Redbridge E090000263,830
Rochdale E080000053,807
Hillingdon E090000173,735
Derby E060000153,734
Salford E080000063,727
Hackney E090000123,721
Stoke-on-Trent E060000213,707
Lewisham E090000233,698
South Gloucestershire E060000253,669
Plymouth E060000263,646
Newham E090000253,639
Greenwich E090000113,626
Southwark E090000283,619
Bexley E090000043,540
Hounslow E090000183,499
Newcastle upon Tyne E080000213,496
Havering E090000163,419
Trafford E080000093,405
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 20253,380
Shropshire E060000513,360
Wandsworth E090000323,359
Lambeth E090000223,350
Doncaster E080000173,336
Wolverhampton E080000313,324
Barking and Dagenham E090000023,297
Milton Keynes E060000423,202
Brighton and Hove E060000433,193
Peterborough E060000313,191
Sunderland E080000243,191
Knowsley E080000113,172
Bury E080000023,099
Cumberland E060000633,088
Haringey E090000143,048
Luton E060000323,037
Harrow E090000153,019
North Somerset E060000243,007
Southampton E060000452,945
Thurrock E060000342,934
Calderdale E080000332,934
Merton E090000242,917
Solihull E080000292,806
Stockton-on-Tees E060000042,800
Swindon E060000302,789
Sutton E090000292,708
Bath and North East Somerset E060000222,687
Westmorland and Furness E060000642,687
Telford and Wrekin E060000202,669
St. Helens E080000132,644
Portsmouth E060000442,616
North Tyneside E080000222,590
Slough E060000392,585
Warrington E060000072,494
Wokingham E060000412,435
Southend-on-Sea E060000332,432
Islington E090000192,334
Bedford E060000552,319
Nottingham E060000182,311
North East Lincolnshire E060000122,261
Richmond upon Thames E090000272,166
Kingston upon Thames E090000212,159
Middlesbrough E060000022,133
Reading E060000382,077
Herefordshire, County of E060000192,048
Gateshead E080000372,046
North Lincolnshire E060000131,941
Blackpool E060000091,904
West Berkshire E060000371,884
South Tyneside E080000231,861
Hammersmith and Fulham E090000131,843
Halton E060000061,825
Torbay E060000271,793
York E060000141,777
Blackburn with Darwen E060000081,739
Bracknell Forest E060000361,718
Camden E090000071,645
Redcar and Cleveland E060000031,565
Westminster E090000331,527
Windsor and Maidenhead E060000401,363
Darlington E060000051,227
Hartlepool E060000011,067
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020880
Rutland E06000017431
City of London E0900000126
Isles of Scilly E0600005315
Isle of Wight E06000046not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’
Barnsley E08000038given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Buckinghamshire E06000060given under the former county's code, E10000002
North Yorkshire E06000065given under the former county's code, E10000023
Sheffield E08000039given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019
Somerset E06000066given under the former county's code, E10000027
North East31,915
North West106,277
Yorkshire and The Humber66,212
East Midlands54,840
West Midlands75,241
East of England83,177
London108,712
South East122,687
South West69,777
England718,838

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EHC plans · 127 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

  • 15 to 2,166
  • 2,166 to 3,037
  • 3,037 to 3,707
  • 3,707 to 4,395
  • 4,395 to 13k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source and licence

Publisher
Department for Education
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Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Verification

Verified against source, 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC Run at 1 November 2026, 12:19 UTC; 163 of 163 figures matched the live source.

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PassProvenance recordedDepartment for Education; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-01T12:16:23Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures163 of 163 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers163 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure163 of 163 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassEES data set is currentlatest period January 2026 ended 274 days before retrieval (limit 600)
PassThe data set's CSV agrees163 of 163 cells of the stored query, figures and marks, equal version 1.0's CSV (https://api.education.gov.uk/statistics/v1/data-sets/01a0aa37-1008-7183-9271-35e3bcbb26c8/csv?dataSetVersion=1.0, 163 rows read)
PassThe councils add up to their region and the regions to England10 comparisons expected, each region's councils and England's regions in every count and combination: 9 within the rounding the DfE states (9 exactly); not made, 1 for a figure marked 'x' (not available (x): the DfE's ‘not available’); no sum can show one council's figure filed under another's code: only the CSV's agreement, and another publication where there is one, bear on that
PassSource page answershttps://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans – HTTP 200

Notes

  • Plans the council maintained on the census day in January, as local authorities report them in the SEN2 return: those that started on or before the day and had not ceased by it. They include children in early years settings, young people in further education and those educated elsewhere.
  • The DfE gives these figures for England's 153 councils with education and children's services duties (its unitary, metropolitan and London councils and its 21 counties), not for districts.
  • The DfE gives Buckinghamshire, North Yorkshire and Somerset under the codes of the county councils their unitary councils replaced over the same areas (E10000002, E10000023 and E10000027), and the hub keeps them there, never moved to the councils' own (decision 47.2).
  • The DfE gives Barnsley and Sheffield under the codes they had before part of Barnsley moved into Sheffield on the 1st of April 2025 (E08000016 and E08000019), and they are shown so.
  • The DfE's methodology names councils whose returns it suppressed or could not use in part: the Isle of Wight's figures are ‘not available’ in every breakdown by council.