Special Educational Needs provision

  1. Please provide the following details of any changes in capacity of SEND provision (e.g. school openings, expansions, closures etc) in your local authority over the last 12 months (state and private) for young people aged 0-25
    a. Name of school
    b. Location of site
    c. The old capacity and the new capacity
    d. The new planned day pupil places
    e. The new planned residential pupil places
    f. The planned pupil age range
    g. The type of SEND acuity/acuities it will cater for
    h. The approximate planned opening date
    i. The name of the Trust/organisation that will run the school

 

Please see table below:

CHANGES FROM 10 MARCH 2021 – 10 MARCH 2022

Name of School Location Old capacity/new capacity New planned day pupil places New planned residential pupil places Planned pupil age range Type of SEND it will cater for Approx planned opening date Name of Trust/organisation
Bidwell Brook Shinners Bridge, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6JU 110 / 140 30 n/a 3-19 Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD), and Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty (PMLD) Expanded provision from September 2021 SENtient Trust
Marland School

Marland School, Peters Marland, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8QQ

 

106 / 122

 

16 (12 primary day and 4 secondary day places) No change Lowered age range from 6-16 to 5-16 years from September 2021 SEMH Expanded provision from September 2021 SENtient Trust
Ilfracombe C of E Junior Princess Avenue, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9LW No specialist provision, previously school capacity is 480 6-8 place specialist Resource Base n/a 7-11 SEMH Resource Base January 2022 Ilfracombe C of E Junior (VC) School
Westcliff Primary Academy First Avenue, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 9RA No specialist provision, previously school capacity is 310 6-8 place specialist Resource Base n/a 4-11 SEMH Resource Base January 2022 First Federation Trust
Okehampton Primary Glendale Road, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1JB No specialist provision, previously school capacity is 630 6-8 place specialist Resource Base n/a 4-11 Communication & Interaction Resource Base January 2022 Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust
Lampard Community School

St John’s Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9DD

 

120 / 136 16 n/a 5-16

ASD and Complex Needs

 

16 additional places from January 2022 SENtient Trust

2. Please provide the following details, if known, of any planned changes to the capacity of SEND provision (e.g. school openings, expansions, closures etc) in your local authority over the next 4 years (state and private) for young people aged 0-25.
a. Name of school
b. Location of site
c. The old capacity and the new capacity
d. The new planned day pupil places
e. The new planned residential pupil places
f. The planned pupil age range
g. The type of SEND acuity/acuities it will cater for
h. The approximate planned opening date
i. The name of the Trust/organisation that will run the school

 

Please see table below:

KNOWN PLANNED CHANGES FROM 10 MARCH 2022 – MARCH 2026

Name of School Location Old capacity/new capacity New planned day pupil places New planned residential pupil places Planned pupil age range Type of SEND it will cater for Approx planned opening date Name of Trust/organisation
ACE Tiverton Special School Orchard Way, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 5HB 70 / 100 30 n/a 11-16 ASD September 2022 Transforming Futures Multi-Academy Trust
Marland School Satellite site in Bideford 122 / 162 40 n/a 5-16 SEMH January 2023: subject to consultation and statutory process SENtient Trust
Okehampton The Promise School Okehampton East Business Park, Higher Stockley Mead, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1GH New special school will create 100 places 100 n/a 5-16 SEMH September 2022 in temporary accommodation, Spring 2023 in permanent building Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust
Lampard Community School St John’s Lane, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9DD 136 / 180 44 n/a 5-16 ASD and Complex Needs Phased expansion over 3 years from January 2022 – September 2024 SENtient Trust
Orchard Manor School John Nash Drive, Dawlish, Devon, EX7 9SF 180 / 210 54 n/a 3-19 ASD and Communication and Interaction difficulties Phase expansion, completion September 2022; subject to significant change request to RSC Special Partnership Trust

3. Please provide a breakdown of the number of children (0-25), first, who have been diagnosed with SEN, and, second, who have got an EHCP, living and studying in your local authority for the last 5 years, split by:

Primary need
Age group (e.g. 0-4, 5-11, 12-18, 19-2
School type attending (e.g. mainstream state, maintained special, non-maintained special, mainstream private, special private etc),

 

We can confirm the following information in relation to children who have been diagnosed with special education needs (SEN):

 

By primary need 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
ASD 533 595 693 727 987
HI 242 229 252 252 234
MLD 2888 2527 2460 2401 2292
MSI 45 55 64 67 74
NSA 245 260 335 403 476
OTH 409 415 467 443 426
PD 416 379 384 373 341
PMLD 8 6 8 10 *
SEMH 3206 3217 3090 2902 3201
SLCN 3062 3254 3367 3428 3784
SLD 55 63 53 38 35
SPLD 2700 2662 2427 2270 2180
VI 116 119 125 131 138

ASD = Autistic Spectrum Disorder                                                      

HI = Hearing Impairment                                                 

MLD = Moderate Learning Difficulties                                                 

MSI – Multi Sensory Impairment                                                

OTH = Other (no primary need recorded)                                                      

PD = Physical Disability                                                  

PMLD = Profound and multiple learning disability                                                  

SEMH – Social Emotional Mental Health                                                         

SLCN = Speech, language and communication needs                                                      

SLD = Severe Learning Disability                                                         

SPLD = Specific Learning Disability                                                    

VI = Visual impairment                                                     

By age 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1 to 4yrs 959 907 926 747 774
5 to 11 yrs 9292 9091 8944 8668 8822
12 to 18  yrs 3674 3781 3855 4028 4576
19 yrs * * * * *
  • * These numbers are withheld due to the individuals being identifiable.  This information is therefore exempt from disclosure pursuant to s. 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

By school type 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
16 Plus 20 26 33 37 36
All-through 232 336 369 335 261
Nursery 17 13 18 21 6
Primary 9029 8653 8509 8064 8256
PRU 151 136 94 60 71
Secondary 4472 4616 4702 4928 5541
Special * * * * *

We can confirm the following information in relation to children who have got an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP:

By primary need:

This table can be viewed here

By age

Age group 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1 to 4yrs 95 166 229 271 245
5 to 11 yrs 1092 1662 2177 2515 2558
12 to 18  yrs 2701 2927 3450 3948 4448
19 yrs 205 407 618 561 675
TOTAL 4093 5162 6474 7295 7926

By school type

Type of school 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Academy – mainstream 748 1116 1411 1641 1810
Academy – Alternative provision 57 53 64 57 47
FE Colleges (Further Education) 542 759 856 882 1029
FREE – mainstream 36 48 65 94 107
Independent special schools 332 413 607 829 978
Maintained – mainstream 800 1023 1251 1471 1475
NEET (Not in Employment or Education training) 349 349 593 478 385
OTH (EHE, EOTAS etc)* 71 132 197 297 454
PRE SCHOOL 5 12 19 17 5
Special schools – maintained 1114 1208 1320 1366 1242
Special schools – academies 39 49 91 163 394
TOTAL 4093 5162 6474 7295 7926

* EOTAS = Educated Other than at school

* EHE = Electively Home Educated

d. This is a subset of the above point but please could you specifically provide the number of children (age 0-25) with an EHCP and a primary need of SEMH or ASD who attend independent special schools

Special Schools 2018 2019 2020
Number attending Independent Special Schools 238 422 580
  1. If your local authority has made any internal projections of future numbers of young people aged 0-25 with EHCPs in the local authority, please provide can you provide them (if possible split by primary need).

Please see table below:

Number of CYP supported by all provisions (with estimated future projections) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Autistic Spectrum Disorder 882 1,227 1,617 1,935 2,240 2,163 2,216 2,314
Hearing Impairment 102 109 124 124 133 141 153 162
Moderate Learning Difficulty 431 558 707 797 922 977 1,038 1,084
Multi- Sensory Impairment 13 15 14 13 15 16 17 18
Physical Disability 324 347 360 346 378 400 432 454
Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty 49 56 62 61 69 74 79 83
Social, Emotional and Mental Health 949 1,227 1,669 1,903 2,226 2,272 2,390 2,498
Speech, Language and Communications needs 921 1,122 1,362 1,552 1,854 1,718 1,758 1,870
Severe Learning Difficulty 257 309 344 323 348 358 374 386
Specific Learning Difficulty 107 125 144 168 189 192 195 199
Visual Impairment 58 67 71 73 79 84 89 95
Other Difficulty/Disability 0 0 0 0 11 12 13 14
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total number of EHCPs by primary need 4,093 5,162 6,474 7,295 8,464 8,408 8,755 9,177
  1. If available, please provide the total level of annual EHCP funding for young people aged 0-25 whose primary needs are either SEMH or ASD/ASC over the last 5 years in your local authority, if possible split by funding for SEMH and funding for ASD

We do not hold this information