9 Inclusion Strategy
y the number of requests for an EHCP increased by 37.7%11
11 Education, health and care plans: England 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Essex 2291 during 2019 to 3155
in 2022. England 82329 in 2019 to 114457 in 2022
y the number of pupils in Alternative Provision increased by 59.7% (compared to a national increase
of 56.6%)12
12 Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2022/23 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK
(explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk) Essex 362 to 578. England 26128 to 40904
y the number of pupils in Special Schools increased by 19.9% (compared to a national increase of
22.5%)13
13 Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic year 2022/23 - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK
(explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk) Essex 2927 to 3510. England 121738 to 149099
In Essex, in 2021/22:
y KS4 Progress 8 scores in Essex went from -0.13 in 2019 to -0.21 in 2022 (compared to a national
change of -0.08 in 2019 to -0.06 in 2022). The Essex 2022 performance means that Essex is ranked
122nd among 152 LAs and in the bottom quartile14
14 LAIT
y KS1-2 Progress Scores changed between 2019 and 2022 as follows: Reading: Essex -0.4 to -0.5
(rank 123rd, bottom quartile); Writing: Essex 0.1 to 0.2 (rank 60th, 2nd quartile); Maths: Essex -0.3
to -0.4 (rank 107th, bottom quartile)15
15 LAIT