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Table 4.8: Main difficulty in learning of pupils in independent special schools, 2007 (1)

(See also table 4.5 for those pupil recorded under new categories)

Number

Rate per 1,000 pupils

Pupils for whom main difficulty is reported

1,085

Significant hearing impairment

*

*

Significant visual impairment

*

*

Significant physical or motor impairments

*

*

Significant language and speech disorder

*

*

Autistic spectrum disorder

172

150.3

Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

799

698.4

Learning difficulties:

Moderate

31

27.1

Severe

*

*

Profound

*

*

Specific - in language and/or

mathematics (including dyslexia)

11

9.6

Complex or multiple impairments:

Dual sensory impairment

-

-

Moderate learning difficulties & significant

additional impairments or disorders

24

21.0

Severe learning difficulties & significant

additional impairments or disorders

23

20.1

Profound learning difficulties and other

8

7.0

Other

6

5.2

(1) See background notes 7-11

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