Instead, both categories of SEN students of compulsory school age have grown over the last 10 years at a rate that should set alarm bells ringing. In 2013, 6% of Year 1-9 students were in special schools and 5% were attending mainstream schools (see also Chapter 2). The Ministry of Education needs to be more proactive in ensuring that assessment for SEN categorisation and hence funding is carried out using consistent criteria and is not motivated by other considerations such as obtaining increased funding or little motivation to include certain students groups in mainstream education.