Table 2.7: Reasons for support for pupils with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2009
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 | 6,153 | 13,728 | 19,881 | 34.3 | 73.2 | 54.2 |
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Learning disability | 953 | 1,817 | 2,770 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 7.5 |
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Dyslexia | 458 | 1,121 | 1,579 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 |
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Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric) | 549 | 1,104 | 1,653 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
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Other moderate learning difficulty | 1,097 | 2,165 | 3,262 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 8.9 |
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Visual impairment | 199 | 297 | 496 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
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Hearing impairment | 187 | 234 | 421 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
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Deafblind | 18 | 10 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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Physical or motor impairment | 472 | 817 | 1,289 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
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Language or speech disorder | 890 | 2,095 | 2,985 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 8.1 |
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Autistic spectrum disorder | 283 | 1,976 | 2,259 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 6.2 |
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Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty | 849 | 3,530 | 4,379 | 4.7 | 18.8 | 11.9 |
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Physical health problem | 355 | 533 | 888 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
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Mental health problem | 19 | 79 | 98 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
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Interrupted learning | 138 | 236 | 374 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
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English as an additional language | 974 | 1,210 | 2,184 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
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Looked after | 330 | 437 | 767 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
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More able pupil | 60 | 112 | 172 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
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Other | 378 | 861 | 1,239 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
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Local authority figures here.