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
	8,214,123	515,453	8,729,576	2005	Sources: 1. KMK – Kultusminister Konferenz 2006 (more information can be found here: www.kmk.org) documentation of statistics no179 (the information covers the 16 German Bundesländer); 2. Federal Statistical Office (2005) General school statistics. Year of Reference 2005 refers to school-year 2004/2005.
Number of compulsory school aged pupils who have SENs (in all educational settings)	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
	*	*	486,770	2005	Sources: see above. * Data not available.
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in segregated settings	358,447	65,324	423,771	2005	Sources: see above.
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	Public Sector	Private Sector	Total	Year of reference	Notes and Source
Pupils with SENs in inclusive settings	*	*	62,999	2005	Sources: see above. All Länder provide for a number of integrated students in their school system. The proportion of integration varies between the Länder.
Compulsory age phase	The duration of full-time compulsory education (compulsory general education) is 9 years (10 years in five of the Länder) and the subsequent period of part-time compulsory education (obligation to attend part-time vocational school) is 3 years. Full-time compulsory education lasts until the age of 16 years, part-time compulsory education lasts until the age of 18 years.
Clarification of Public - Private sector education	Germany has public and private sector education. Both institutions exist side by side and co-operate with each other. Guaranteed by the Basic Law, it is possible to establish private schools. This is combined with a guarantee of the private school as an institution. The constitutional law rules out a state monopoly of education.
Legal Definition of SEN	The current definition of special educational needs means specific support for disabled pupils. The area of responsibility of special needs education in the Federal Republic of Germany with respect to all organisational aspects refers to the special needs within the context of disability exclusively. NB: the legal definition has to be so wide, because of the different situations and laws in the Länder. Pupils experiencing problems as a result of certain handicaps and/or in need of additional educational support because of problematic situations, as well as students with temporary learning difficulties (e.g. slow learners, reading and writing difficulties) are supported by a combination of measures of differentiation within the structure of the general system of support. Remedial or individual educational programmes based on the general structure, offer and give support for problem situations during the learning process. The Federal Republic of Germany has a comprehensive framework of special measures targeted to additional advice and support for all kinds of situations that might occur in daily school life.