Children attending specialist schools

Please can you supply the following information: 1. Total number of children currently on roll at all specialist schools within Devon (including LA maintained and independent). Provision Total Students Independent Special Schools 1060 LA Maintained Special Schools 1236 2. Total … Continue reading

Pupil Funding Allocation

Please provide the funding allocation per pupil in Devon for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 Funding allocations are shown below: 1 April to 31 March Primary schools unit of funding (£s) Secondary schools unit of funding (£s) 2020-21 4,135.33 … Continue reading

Home education census information

* On October census day in 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, how many children and young people were you aware of being electively home educated in your local area? 2022 – 1714 2021 – 1519 2020 – 1508 2019 … Continue reading

Education Health and Care Plan Assessments

1. How many educational psychology assessments are outstanding for young people with education health and care plan (EHCP) assessments outside of statutory timescales? 352 as of 13.03.2023 2. How many EHCP assessments there are that have surpassed statutory timescales? 404 … Continue reading

Wave 15 free school application

The DfE recently published a list of applicants for Wave 15 of its free school programme. Your local authority was one of those listed as having a Wave 15 free school application in its area. As part of the DfE’s … Continue reading

Religious Education Funding

1. Was the funding allocated in the 2021-22 ‘ongoing commitments’ category of the central schools services block (CSSB) £2,685,644? Yes 2. How much of that funding was allocated to the standing advisory council on religious education (SACRE) related spending and … Continue reading

Dedicated School Grant

1. Please provide the council’s response to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities consultation on the removal of the current statutory override on Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits. Please refer to the Devon Survey document. 2. What is … Continue reading

Secondary School Closures

1. Have any secondary schools been subject to enforced closure for longer than 2 weeks within the last 10 years? Please disregard closures due to COVID lockdowns Yes 2. If yes, please provide the name and the address of the … Continue reading