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Children were identified via a four\u2010phased data\u2010collection process designed to reduce selection and misclassification bias. Identification included teacher training, teacher referral, confirmation by documentation from relevant professionals including speech and language therapists, audiologists, psychologists and doctors, and verification by the school district learning needs advisors.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Outcomes &amp; Results<\/jats:italic>: Overall 5309 students were identified as having some area of learning need in the first year and 4845 students were identified 2 years later. In order of prevalence, the areas of learning need were: specific learning difficulty (17.93% in wave 1; 19.10% in wave 2), communication disorder (13.04%; 12.40%), English as a second or other language (9.16%; 5.80%), behavioural\/emotional difficulty (8.16%; 6.10%), early achiever\/advanced learner (7.30%; 5.50%), physical\/medical disability (1.52%; 1.40%), intellectual disability (1.38%; 1.20%), hearing impairment (0.96%; 0.80%), and visual impairment (0.16%; 0.30%). The male:female ratio for all children was 1.57:1 (wave 1) and 1.66:1 (wave 2) and was the highest for the categories of behavioural\/emotional difficulty, communication disorders. There were significant differences between learning need and socio\u2010economic status quantile for all areas except early achievers\/advanced learners and physical\/medical disability. There was a higher prevalence of behavioural\/emotional difficulty, and intellectual disability, in the lower socio\u2010economic status quantiles and a higher prevalence of communication disorders in the mid\u2010to\u2010high socio\u2010economic status quantiles. More children were identified as having an additional learning need in grades 1\u20133 (5\u20139 years of age). The children who were perceived as requiring the highest level of teacher support were those with an intellectual disability.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>: This study provides comparative prevalence data for children with additional learning needs. 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