Guidance

Special educational needs person level survey: report specifications

The specifications of SEN2 reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 16 January 2026
• Last updated: 8 October 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

SEN2 person level survey report specifications for 2027

PDF, 395 KB, 29 pages

Details

This document describes the reports available to local authorities completing an SEN2 return via COLLECT, our centralised data collection and management system.

It specifies:

• a detailed description of each report
• what data is used to calculate each report
• what information each report displays

Published 16 January 2026

Last updated 8 October 2026 — Show all updates

1. 8 October 2026

   SEN2 person level survey report specifications for 2027 has been replaced with a new version to fix errors.

2. 1 September 2026

   The SEN2 person level survey report specifications have been updated for 2027.

3. 16 January 2026

   First published.