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, julia.foster@devon.gov.uk ; telephone: 01392 383000
For questions 2 through 7, please supply the following information for the financial years 2017/18 to 2020/21, and where possible, budgeted figures or the most up to date snapshot available for 2021/22.
Own provision’ refers to local authority-maintained provision and academies. Please exclude independent and non-maintained provision.
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).
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,093 | 5,162 | 6,474 | 7,295 | 7,777 |
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.
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | 3,967 | 5,028 | 6,393 | 7,217 | 7,714 |
| 52 week | 23 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 38 week | 103 | 105 | 70 | 72 | 58 |
| Total | 4,093 | 5,162 | 6,474 | 7,295 | 7,777 |
4. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are looked after children.
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213 | 261 | 280 | 304 | 306 |
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).
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASD | 904 | 1,304 | 1,616 | 1,935 | 2,049 |
| PMLD | 47 | 58 | 62 | 61 | 64 |
| SLD | 258 | 321 | 344 | 323 | 334 |
| SEMH | 944 | 1,313 | 1,669 | 1,903 | 2,037 |
* SEMH (Social Emotional Mental health) – used to be BESD
6. Of the total number of children with SEN (q.2) please provide the number that are in:
* School placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘own provision’ (operated by the local authority)
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,840 | 2,145 | 2,460 | 2,733 | 2713 |
* School placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘own provision’ (operated by the local authority)
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 86 | 111 | 104 | 111 |
* School placements inside the local authority boundary, in ‘private provision’ (operated by the independent sector)
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 339 | 522 | 755 | 784 |
* School placements outside the local authority boundary, in ‘private provision’ (operated by the independent sector)
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 74 | 65 | 74 | 74 |
7. Please provide the Local Authority’s total expenditure on SEN placements in Independent Special Schools for each of the financial years 2017/18 to 2020/21, and where possible, budgeted expenditure for 2021/22. If expenditure for 2021/22 is not yet available, please provide projected expenditure.
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021 – Forecast as of July |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £16.7m | £20.3m | £27.3m | £38.9m | £44.1m |