Table 3.7: Reasons for support for secondary pupils with Additional Support Needs, 2008
Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason will appear in each row
| 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 | 4,184 | 9,614 | 13,798 | 27.6 | 63.1 | 45.4 |
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Learning disability | 787 | 1,515 | 2,302 | 5.2 | 9.9 | 7.6 |
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Dyslexia | 679 | 1,993 | 2,672 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 8.8 |
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Other specific learning difficulty ( e.g. numeric) | 365 | 781 | 1,146 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
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Other moderate learning difficulty | 684 | 1,115 | 1,799 | 4.5 | 7.3 | 5.9 |
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Visual impairment | 123 | 180 | 303 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
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Hearing impairment | 141 | 189 | 330 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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Deafblind | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
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Physical or motor impairment | 281 | 466 | 747 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
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Language or speech disorder | 184 | 456 | 640 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
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Autistic spectrum disorder | 179 | 1,299 | 1,478 | 1.2 | 8.5 | 4.9 |
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Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty | 730 | 2,579 | 3,309 | 4.8 | 16.9 | 10.9 |
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Physical health problem | 207 | 285 | 492 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
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Mental health problem | 48 | 59 | 107 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
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Interrupted learning | 90 | 135 | 225 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
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English as an additional language | 193 | 233 | 426 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
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Looked after | 157 | 233 | 390 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
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More able pupil | 91 | 49 | 140 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
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Other | 337 | 685 | 1,022 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
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Local authority figures on page 70