SNE data

SNE Data

	Data available
Number of compulsory school aged pupils (including those with SENs)	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
	Primary: 314,769 Secondary: 372,304 Total: 687,073	No data available	687,073	2005 / 2006	Source: ETNIC statistic service for the French Community of Belgium Cité administrative de l’Etat, 19 Boulevard Pachéco, Boite 0, 1010 Bruxelles.
Number of compulsory school aged pupils who have SENs (in all educational settings)	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
	Primary: 15,183 Secondary: 14,660 Total: 29,843	No data available	29,843	2005 / 2006	Source: ETNIC (see above).
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	29,782	No data available	29,782*	2005 / 2006	Source: ETNIC (see above). * This number includes 50 children in non-permanent integration: 45 in primary and 5 in secondary level.
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	61	No data available	61	2005 / 2006	Source: ETNIC (see above). * This number represents only pupils who are new to integration for the reference year. The pupils already integrated in previous years are not included in these figures - they are counted in mainstream numbers.
Compulsory age phase	The compulsory age phase is age 6 till 18.
Clarification of Public - Private sector education	The private sector receives no funding from the Community. They are obliged to follow the official programme that leads to the baccalaureate. Private schools make up a very small part of the education system; numbers are unknown.
Legal Definition of SEN	The Decree of the 3 March 2004 organising special needs education gives the following definition in the article 2. §1 “Specialised education is reserved for children and adolescents who on basis of a multidisciplinary assessment, made by defined institutions on basis of article 12, must benefit of an adapted education in relation with their special needs and pedagogical possibilities. These children and adolescents are called “children and adolescents with special needs”. Special education is organised in 8 types. Each of them is an adapted education to the general and particular needs of the children. For the people with multi disabilities, the type of specialised education is defined according to the educative needs that must be satisfied by priority according to the age and the possibilities of the person. In each type, specialised education is adapted to the needs of: Type 1 - children and adolescents with light mental disabilities Type 2 - children and adolescents with moderate or deep mental disabilities Type 3 - children and adolescents with behaviour and deep personality problems Type 4 - children and adolescents with physical problems Type 5 - children and adolescents with illness or convalescent (classrooms in clinics) Type 6 - children and adolescents with visual impairment Type 7 - children and adolescents with auditory impairment Type 8 - children and adolescents with instrumental impairment.