Table 3.8: Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2007
(see also table 3.6 for pupils reported under the old categories).
Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason will appear in each row (1)
| Female | Male | Total | Rate per 1,000 pupils |
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Female | Male | Total |
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Pupils for whom reason for support is reported | 2,727 | 6,503 | 9,230 | 17.6 | 42.0 | 29.8 |
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Learning disability | 618 | 1,217 | 1,835 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 5.9 |
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Dyslexia | * | * | 1,740 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 5.6 |
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Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric) | 237 | 489 | 726 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
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Other moderate learning difficulty | 490 | 749 | 1,239 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
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Visual impairment | 80 | 136 | 216 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
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Hearing impairment | 115 | 151 | 266 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
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Deafblind | * | * | * | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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Physical or motor impairment | 233 | 401 | 634 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
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Language or speech disorder | 136 | 370 | 506 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
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Autistic spectrum disorder | 146 | 957 | 1,103 | 0.9 | 6.2 | 3.6 |
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Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty | 472 | 1,768 | 2,240 | 3.1 | 11.4 | 7.2 |
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Physical health problem | 149 | 219 | 368 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
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Mental health problem | 22 | 51 | 73 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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Interrupted learning | * | * | 116 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
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English as an additional language | 98 | 123 | 221 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
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Looked after | 66 | 108 | 174 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
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More able pupil | * | * | * | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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Other | 164 | 358 | 522 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
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(1) Some figures in this table are suppressed for disclosure purposes. See background note 7.1
Local authority figures on page 76 (see also page 74 for pupils reported under the old categories).