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Tackling educational inequality
Special Educational Needs
School level data shows a significant correlation between schools with
high percentages of pupils with SEN and low levels of attainment. The
NAO found that schools with a high proportion of pupils with SEN were
2.3 times more likely to be in an Ofsted category than those with low
shares of pupils with SEN. In April 2006, all the schools under special
measures had lower than average GCSE attainment and higher than
average pupil shares with SEN. Figures 28 and 29 show this relationship
for schools in London. As with FSM, the relationship between SEN and
attainment markedly strengthens from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4. The
correlation with Key Stage 4 attainment is only slightly higher for SEN
(which is specifically related to learning difficulties) than for FSM.
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