1.Please could you supply the name, job title, email address and telephone number of the commissioner with responsibility for children’s SEN placements.
Julia Foster – SEND Senior Manager – firstname.lastname@devon.gov.uk – 01392 383000 – ask for by name
https://www.devon.gov.uk/leadership-group/head-of-education-and-learning/
For questions 2 through 7, please supply the following information as a snapshot at the end of the year for the financial years 2015/16 to 2017/18, and where possible, the most up to date snapshot available for 2018/19.
2. Please provide the total number of children funded by the local authority with special educational needs (with an EHC plan or statement of SEN/SEND).
| Year – data from month 12 of financial year | Number of pupils |
| 2015 – 2016 | 3,510 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 3,718 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 4,093 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 5,162 |
3. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are in day placements; in 52 week placements; in 38 week placements.
| Year | Day | 52 week | 38 week | Total |
| 2015 – 2016 | 3,378 | 13 | 119 | 3,510 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 3,575 | 20 | 123 | 3,718 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 3,967 | 23 | 103 | 4,093 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 5,028 | 29 | 105 | 5,162 |
4. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are looked after children.
| Year | Number of Looked After Children (LAC) |
| 2015 – 2016 | 230 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 229 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 213 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 261 |
5. Of the total number children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number with a special educational need with Autism (ASD); with a Learning Disability: Multiple/Profound; with a Learning Disability: Specific/Moderate; with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (sometimes abbreviated BESD or EBD).
| Year | ASD | PMLD | SLD | SEMH |
| 2015 – 2016 | 651 | 53 | 233 | 893 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 773 | 60 | 256 | 928 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 904 | 47 | 258 | 944 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 1304 | 58 | 321 | 1313 |
6. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are in Independent Special Schools.
| Year | Number of children |
| 2015 – 2016 | 273 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 314 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 376 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 461 |
7. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are in out-of-area placements.
| Year | Number of children |
| 2015 – 2016 | 70 |
| 2016 – 2017 | 65 |
| 2017 – 2018 | 60 |
| 2018 – 2019 | 68 |
8. Please provide the Local Authority’s total expenditure on SEN placements in Independent Special Schools for each of the financial years 2015/16 to 2017/18, and where possible, budgeted expenditure for 2018/19. If expenditure for 2017/18 is not yet available, please provide projected expenditure.
| Year | Expenditure £ |
| 2015 – 2016 | 10.7 million |
| 2016 – 2017 | 12 million |
| 2017 – 2018 | 13.7 million |
| 2018 – 2019 | 17.9 million |