Almost one in in six boys have special educational needs and may have more social and emotional difficulties compared to girls, new figures have suggested.
Figures show that 17.2% of boys have a "primary need" in special educational needs statements (SEN) compared with just 6.2% of girls.
The statistics, from the Department for Education (DfE), show that "moderate learning difficulties" are more prevalent among girls than boys. More than one in five girls (22.6%) have "moderate learning difficulties", compared with only one in six boys (16.5%).
Overall, more boys had SEN statements than girls, the figures showed.
Some 220,890 at primary, secondary and special schools had SEN statements, DfE figures published earlier this year showed.
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