AQW 411/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 23/05/2022
Answered On Date: 15/06/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) how many children with a statement of special education needs are due to start (a) pre-school; (b) primary school; and (c) post-primary school; and (ii) of those children how many have yet to be provided with a place.

Answer:

As of 8 June 2022:

3345 children with a statement of SEN are due to start pre-school, primary school or move to post-primary school, including:

Pre-school: 211 children with a statement of SEN;

Primary School: 1037 children with a statement of SEN; and

Post-primary (P7-Yr8): 2097 children with a statement of SEN.

Of the 3345 children with a statement of SEN in pre-school, primary and post-primary 2708 have a confirmed place.