1. Please supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children’s special educational needs (SEN) placements
This information is already publicly available on our leadership wheel and contact details webpages.
2. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or education, health and care plan (EHCP) had a learning disability?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 6,474 | 7,295 | 7,926 | 8,399 | 8,600 |
2a. How many are in all “special school” categories?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 1,411 | 1,529 | 1,636 | 1,713 | 1,716 |
2b. How many are out of area?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 138 | 132 | 142 | 134 | 141 |
2c. How many are in an independent special school only?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 607 | 829 | 983 | 1,063 | 1,080 |
3. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP had Autistic Spectrum Disorder
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 1,616 | 1,935 | 2,126 | 2,324 | 2,385 |
3a. How many are in all “special school” categories?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 414 | 480 | 517 | 559 | 564 |
3b. How many are out of area?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 35 | 34 | 40 | 33 | 34 |
3c. How many are in an independent special school only?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 133 | 198 | 263 | 304 | 314 |
4. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP had social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH)?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 1,669 | 1,903 | 2,083 | 2,186 | 2,205 |
4a. How many are in all “special school” categories?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 223 | 247 | 262 | 269 | 272 |
4b. How many are out of area?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
4c. How many are in an independent special school only?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (as at 01/06/23) |
| 254 | 337 | 380 | 406 | 409 |
5. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP had moderate learning difficulty?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 707 | 797 | 852 | 884 | 878 |
6. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP had severe learning difficulty?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 344 | 323 | 305 | 281 | 285 |
7. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP had profound multiple learning disability?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 62 | 61 | 62 | 58 | 59 |
8. What is the total expenditure on SEN placements in ‘Special school: independent special schools’?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 (budget) |
| £27690 | £39046 | £46921 | £52100 | £49780 |
9. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP in a ‘Special school: independent special school’ that are in day placements?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 549 | 765 | 941 | 1,042 | 1,058 |
10. For financial years 2019/20 to 2022/23, how many children and young people for whom the authority maintains a statement of SEN or EHCP in a ‘Special school: independent special school’ that are in 38/52-week placements?
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
| 58 | 64 | 42 | 21 | 22 |