Please provide the following information you hold pertaining to placements in independent special schools (day placements only) for children and young people (aged 3-19).
1. – Number of placements: independent special schools (day placements only)
The total number of children and young people (aged 3-19) placed in independent special schools (day placements only) as of 31 March 2025, by annual placement fee for the 2024/25 financial year (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025).
Please complete the table below.
· Please include only placements commissioned or funded by the local authority (either solely or jointly).
· Where placements are co-funded, please include those where the local authority is the primary funder (≥50%).
· For co-funded placements please report the total annual placement fee (i.e. the full cost of the placement), not just the local authority’s contribution. If this is not possible, please confirm, and if feasible, indicate the number of co-funded placements included within the response.
· Please exclude residential placements.
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Fee range Annual placement fee bands (per pupil, per annum) |
Less than £30,000 | £30,000-£39,999 | £40,000-£54,999 | £55,000-£69,999 | £70,000-£84,999 | £85,000-£99,999 | £100,000-£124,999 | £125,000+ | Total |
| Number of placements | 165 | 258 | 449 | 462 | 234 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 1,627 |
2. – Fee structure
Of the placements included in Question 1, please indicate whether your authority records information on the fee structure for placements. If so, please provide:
| Metric | Number |
| Placements where the fee typically remains the same from one year to the next (i.e. no standard annual uplift is applied) | |
| Placements where the fee typically increases annually using a standard uplift (e.g. inflation-linked or pre-agreed annual increases) | |
| Placements where fees are usually reviewed and renegotiated on a case-by-case basis each year (e.g. not subject to a standard annual uplift) | 1,627 |
| Unknown / not recorded. |
3. – Average annual fee uplift (if available)
If readily available, please provide an estimate of the average percentage change in annual fees of existing placements between:
· 2023/24 (year ending 31 March 2024)
· 2024/25 (year ending 31 March 2025)
The uplift was 3%, on average.