Department for Education statistics show that the gap between children with SEN and those with no identified SEN has risen from 42 per cent to 47 per cent in 2014. Just under a fifth of SEN pupils achieved a good level of development compared with two-thirds of children without SEN.
The figures provide a more detailed view by national and local authority area of the results for the EYFSP published last month.
These showed that overall more children were achieving a good level of development – a rise in 9 per percentage points to 60 per cent.
The latest statistics reveal EYFSP whether the attainment gap has widened or narrowed between children at the end of Reception according to gender, ethnicity, eligibility for free school meals, special educational needs, English as a first language, and month of birth.
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