Sociodemographic variation in the timing of recorded special educational needs provision in primary school in England amongst children with cerebral palsy: a staggered cohort study using the ECHILD database

• DOI: 10.3310/nihropenres.13618.1
• Publication Date: 2025-04-02T07:52:35Z
• Authors: Kate M Lewis; Vincent G Nguyen; Ania Zylbersztejn; Sorcha Ni Chobhth...; Lorraine Dearden; Bianca De Stavola
• Keywords: Variation (astronomy)

<ns3:p>Introduction Special educational needs (SEN) legislation emphasises justifiable and fair service provision, but a lack of information on the underlying support requirements pupils has hampered efforts to quantify extent inequity between need provision. Using linked health-education data, aim this study is compare time first recorded SEN provision in school records for children with hospital-record defined cerebral palsy, by sociodemographic factors. Methods analysis We will use pseudonymised individual-level state-funded hospital from Education Health Insights Linked Data (ECHILD) database. Our population be palsy born England 1 September 2003 31 August 2012, who attended primary England. create staggered cohorts based different entry points, nursery year (ages 3/4 5/6 years). Cerebral identified using diagnoses before entry. main outcome recording an education, health care plan or at January censuses end (year 6, age 10/11 as indicator timely support, assuming that all our should receive some form support. survival differences time-to-SEN separately each socio-demographic factor (region, deprivation, gender, English additional language racial-ethnic group). express these comparisons terms hazard ratios, controlled cohort, chronic conditions, sex, year, diagnosis, into school. Ethics dissemination Ethical approvals ECHILD project are described protocol. Findings disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, presentations short briefing reports.</ns3:p>