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
	599,040*	112,969**	712,009	2004 / 2005	Source: Uni-C, Statistics Denmark, Ministry of Education. * Folkeskole (local school) ** Breakdown: Fri Grundskole (private independent school) 88,763 Efterskole (continuation school) 24,206
Number of compulsory school aged pupils who have SENs (in all educational settings)	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
	18,247	714	*18,961	2004 / 2005	Source: Uni-C, Statistics Denmark, Ministry of Education. * The figure covers special needs education within all special classes. It is estimated that approximately 12% of all pupils have some form of special need, but data is not collected on all special needs in inclusive settings.
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	12,965 *4,290 Total: 17,255	*714	17,969	2004 / 2005	Source: Uni-C, Statistics Denmark, Ministry of Education. * Separate special classes in mainstream schools for pupils with non-severe special needs. Support for these pupils is the responsibility of the Municipality. ** Separate special classes in mainstream schools for pupils with severe special needs. Support for these pupils is the responsibility of the County.
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	*992	-	*992	2004 / 2005	Source: Uni-C, Statistics Denmark, Ministry of Education * Pupils with severe special needs fully integrated into mainstream classes. NB: It is not possible to give data on the numbers of pupils with others forms of special need who are in fully inclusive settings. This data is not collected.
Compulsory age phase	Compulsory education commences on 1 of August in the calendar year of a pupil's 7th birthday and terminates on 31 July of the year, in which he or she has received regular instruction for 9 years, not including the pre-school class.
Clarification of Public - Private sector education	The 9 years of compulsory education do not necessarily have to be spent in a municipal Folkeskole. They may instead be spent in a private school. The State allocates grants to private schools - corresponding to approx. 80% of the total expenditure of the schools. The teaching of the private schools must be on a par with that of the Folkeskole. Around 12% of all Danish pupils attend a private school. This percentage does not include the so-called Efterskoler, continuation schools.
Legal Definition of SEN	Definition of SEN: People with severe physical and/or intellectual special needs (handicaps). Additional information: the teaching of children, young people and adults is regulated by a number of acts, and, with one exception (the act on special education for adults), the general provisions on special education are contained in the ordinary acts applying to the school area in question. In section 3 of the Act on the Folkeskole, it is laid down that ''Special education and other special educational assistance shall be given to pupils whose development requires special consideration or support'' and it is directly mentioned that these provisions may contain deviations from the subject-range of the school, the provisions on proficiency assessment and the weekly timetable. (Additional information from the Danish National Overview can be found here: http://www.european-agency.org/nat_ovs/denmark/index.html). Reference: Ministry of Education, Denmark.