I would like to request the following information regarding Special Educational Needs (SEN) school placements for children with autism (ASD) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH). Where possible, please kindly include responses on the attached spreadsheet.
Spreadsheet response SEND placements
1.Please could you supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children’s SEN school placements.
Julia Foster, SEND Senior Manager, Email julia.foster@devon.gov.uk, Telephone: 01392 383000
For questions 2 through 7, please supply the following information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial year 2019/20.
2. How many children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan did your local authority commission educational funding to send them to an Independent Special School?
528
3.Of the total number of children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan funded in Independent Special Schools (Q2), how many have; (a) ASD (primary type of need) and (b) SEMH (primary type of need)?
ASH – 113
SEMH – 268
4. Of the total number of children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan funded in Independent Special Schools, how many with ASD (primary type of need) (Q3) are in day, 38-week and 52-week placements?
Day placements – 108
38-week placements – *
52-week placements – *
The use of the * symbol means that we hold the information but believe that disclosure may identify individuals, breach their rights under Data Protection law and therefore the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40(2) personal data.
5. Of the children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan funded in Independent Special Schools, with ASD (primary type of need) in day, 38-week and 52-week placements (Q4), how many of those placements are made out of area (i.e. outside the local authority boundary)?
Day placements out of area – 25
38-week placements out of area – *
52-week placements out of area – *
The use of the * symbol means that we hold the information but believe that disclosure may identify individuals, breach their rights under Data Protection law and therefore the information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act Section 40(2) personal data.
6. Of the total number of children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan funded in Independent Special Schools, how many with SEMH (primary type of need) (Q3) are in day, 38-week and 52-week placements?
Day placements – 253
38-week placements – 0
52-week placements – 15
7. Of the children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan funded in Independent Special Schools, with SEMH (primary type of need) in day, 38-week and 52-week placements (Q6), how many of those placements are made out of area (i.e. outside the local authority boundary)?
Day placements out of area – 42
38-week placements out of area – 0
52-week placements out of area – 11
8. Please give the total local authority expenditure on;
(a) placing children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan in Independent Special Schools;
£21m
(b) placing children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan, with ASD (primary type of need), in Independent Special Schools;
£4.6m
(c) placing children (under the age of 18) with a statement or EHC Plan, with SEMH (primary type of need), in Independent Special Schools for the financial year 2019/20.
£10.8m