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:
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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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