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<p>The government wants all children and young people with special educational needs
and disabilities (SEND), and looked after children, to achieve well in early years,
at school, in further and higher education and be prepared for adulthood.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>We have put in place a number of programmes to support improved outcomes for
children and young people with SEND, including, from September 2014, introducing the
largest reforms to the SEND system in a generation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We assess
outcomes for children and young people with SEND through external measures. For example,
GSCE exam results (including attainment 8 and Progress 8 measures), the early years
foundation stage profile; phonics screening check, key stage 1, key stage 2, numbers
of tribunal cases (including the number decided in the appellant’s favour), and destinations
data (the numbers going into further and higher education, and employment), absence
and exclusions data.</p><p> </p><p>We have also started looking at longer-term outcomes
for special educational needs (SEN) pupils. This has been possible through analysis
of the longitudinal educational outcomes (LEO) dataset. This dataset, for the first
time, brings together information about learners including: personal characteristics
such as gender and ethnicity; education, including schools, colleges and higher education
institution attended, courses taken and qualifications achieved; PAYE and self-assessed
employment and income data from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs; and data on benefits
claims from the Department of Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Initial analysis relating
to longer term employment and benefit outcomes of SEN pupils was published in July
2018. This analysis was based on those who completed key stage 4 in academic years
2002/03 and 2003/04. The data can be accessed via: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-labour-market-outcomes-by-pupil-characteristics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-labour-market-outcomes-by-pupil-characteristics</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The corporate parenting principles, which local authorities must have regard
to, require them to secure the best possible outcomes for looked after children and
young people. The principles include promoting high aspirations, their health, stability
in their homes lives and preparing them for adulthood and independence. Statutory
guidance on applying the corporate parenting principles is available via <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-corporate-parenting-principles-to-looked-after-children-and-care-leavers"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-corporate-parenting-principles-to-looked-after-children-and-care-leavers</a>.
Data on the outcomes of looked after children and care leavers is available in the
statistical first release on ‘Children looked after in England including adoption’
(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>)
and on ‘Outcomes for children looked after by local authorities’ in England (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-las-31-march-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/outcomes-for-children-looked-after-by-las-31-march-2017</a>).</p>
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