School-recorded special educational needs provision in children with major congenital anomalies: A linked administrative records study of births in England, 2003-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with major congenital anomalies (MCAs) disproportionately experience complex health problems requiring additional health and educational support.

Objectives

To describe survival to the start of school and recorded special educational needs (SEN) provision among children with and without administrative record-identified MCAs in England. We present results for 12 system-specific MCA subgroups and 25 conditions. We also describe the change of prevalence in recorded SEN provision before and after SEN reforms in 2014, which were implemented to improve and streamline SEN provision.

Methods

We created a birth cohort of 6,180,400 singleton children born in England between 1 September 2003 and 31 August 2013 using linked administrative records from the ECHI

SUBMITTER: Peppa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878349 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature