Guidance

Special educational needs person level survey: report specifications

The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.

From:
Department for Education
PublishedPublished:
16 January 2026
Last updated:
1 September 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

SEN2 person level survey report specifications for 20262027

PDF, 432457 KB, 29 pages

Details

This document describes the reports available to local authorities completing an SEN2 return via COLLECT, our centralised data collection and management system.

It specifies:

  • a detailed description of each report
  • what data is used to calculate each report
  • what information each report displays

Updates to this page

Published 16 January 2026
Last updated 1 September 2026 — Show all updates

  1. The SEN2 person level survey report specifications have been updated for 2027.

  2. First published.

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