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Special educational needs person level surveysurvey: 2026: guide

Guide for local authorities completing returns for the person level 2026 and 2027 special educational needs survey, commonly known as person level SEN2.

Applies to England

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TheThese guideguides containscontain information to help local authorities submit data for the SEN2 person level 2026 surveyand 2027 surveys.

They Itinclude includes:notes on individual data items in the SEN2 survey.

Use ‘Special educational needs survey 2026: guide’ to prepare for and complete the January 2026 census.

The 2026 survey deadlines are:

  • mainsurvey changesday: fromThursday SEN215 2025January 2026
  • notesdeadline onfor individualsubmitting datadata: itemsThursday in12 March 2026

Use ‘Special educational needs survey 2027: guide’ to prepare for and complete the SEN2January 2027 census.

The 2027 survey deadlines are:

  • survey day: Thursday 21 January 2027
  • deadline for submitting data: Thursday 18 March 2027

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2025-12-09 10:51
Added ‘Special educational needs survey 2027: guide.’

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