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Table 4.7: Reasons for support for pupils based in special schools with Additional Support Needs, by gender, 2006 ( see also table 4.5 for pupils reported under the old categories)
Occurrences. Pupils with more than one reason for support will appear in each row.

Female

Male

Total

Rate per 1,000 pupils

Female

Male

Total

Pupils for whom reason for support is reported

846

1,796

2,642

380.2

378.1

378.8

Learning disability

549

1,034

1,583

246.7

217.7

227.0

Dyslexia

*

*

7

*

*

1.0

Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. numeric)

*

*

15

*

*

2.2

Visual impairment

83

98

181

37.3

20.6

25.9

Hearing impairment

36

36

72

16.2

7.6

10.3

Deafblind

*

*

4

*

*

0.6

Physical or motor impairment

181

239

420

81.3

50.3

60.2

Language or speech disorder

160

353

513

71.9

74.3

73.5

Autistic spectrum disorder

68

342

410

30.6

72.0

58.8

Social, emotional and behavioural difficulty

148

468

616

66.5

98.5

88.3

Physical health problem

86

124

210

38.7

26.1

30.1

Mental health problem

*

*

8

*

*

1.1

Interrupted learning

*

*

11

*

*

1.6

English as an additional language

*

*

12

*

*

1.7

Looked after

29

33

62

13.0

6.9

8.9

More able pupil

*

*

2

*

*

0.3

Other

151

302

453

67.9

63.6

64.9

Not known / Not disclosed

26

44

70

11.7

9.3

10.0

Local authority figures on page 90 (see also page 88 for pupils reported under the old categories).

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