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Special Educational Needs

Volume 489: debated on Wednesday 11 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on issuing statements of special educational needs in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available. (256343)

The Department does not collect the information on how much was spent on issuing statements of special educational needs. However, the information provided to the Department by local authorities on their total planned net expenditure on the administration, assessment and co-ordination of statements for 2008-09 is contained within the following table.

Local authority name

Table 1: 2.0.2 SEN administration assessment and co-ordination

England

86,016,000

Barking and Dagenham

277,000

Barnet

1,330,000

Barnsley

297,000

Bath and NE Somerset

188,000

Bedfordshire

716,000

Bexley

290,000

Birmingham

2,180,000

Blackburn and Darwen

294,000

Blackpool

293,000

Bolton

360,000

Bournemouth

300,000

Bracknell Forest

196,000

Bradford

893,000

Brent

990,000

Brighton and Hove

234,000

Bromley

829,000

Buckinghamshire

2,926,000

Bury

0

Calderdale

134,000

Cambridgeshire

815,000

Camden

982,000

Cheshire

1,334,000

City of Bristol

473,000

City of Kingston-upon-Hull

337,000

City of London

8,000

City of Nottingham

68,000

City of Peterborough

357,000

City of Plymouth

241,000

Cornwall

1,232,000

Coventry

497,000

Croydon

670,000

Cumbria

1,028,000

Darlington

219,000

Derby

100,000

Derbyshire

1,202,000

Devon

656,000

Doncaster

365,000

Dorset

569,000

Dudley

961,000

Durham

766,000

Ealing

457,000

East Riding of Yorkshire

127,000

East Sussex

1,370,000

Enfield

555,000

Essex

0

Gateshead

436,000

Gloucestershire

445,000

Greenwich

765,000

Hackney

524,000

Halton

187,000

Hammersmith and Fulham

390,000

Hampshire

2,035,000

Haringey

680,000

Harrow

171,000

Hartlepool

81,000

Havering

339,000

Herefordshire

586,000

Hertfordshire

2,781,000

Hillingdon

507,000

Hounslow

479,000

Isle of Wight

261,000

Isles of Scilly

7,000

Islington

631,000

Kensington and Chelsea

511,000

Kent

3,126,000

Kingston-upon-Thames

298,000

Kirklees

339,000

Knowsley

339,000

Lambeth

129,000

Lancashire

0

Leeds

344,000

Leicester City

501,000

Leicestershire

624,000

Lewisham

608,000

Lincolnshire

2,105,000

Liverpool

97,000

Luton

286,000

Manchester

134,000

Medway

353,000

Merton

545,000

Middlesbrough

286,000

Milton Keynes

1,002,000

Newcastle upon Tyne

28,000

Newham

1,444,000

Norfolk

1,769,000

North East Lincolnshire

599,000

North Lincolnshire

107,000

North Somerset

286,000

North Tyneside

293,000

North Yorkshire

980,000

Northamptonshire

674,000

Northumberland

575,000

Nottinghamshire

657,000

Oldham

247,000

Oxfordshire

1,024,000

Poole

213,000

Portsmouth

203,000

Reading

118,000

Redbridge

0

Redcar and Cleveland

95,000

Richmond-upon-Thames

355,000

Rochdale

367,000

Rotherham

337,000

Rutland

186,000

Salford

392,000

Sandwell

803,000

Sefton

134,000

Sheffield

579,000

Shropshire

92,000

Slough

260,000

Solihull

178,000

Somerset

1,322,000

South Gloucestershire

449,000

South Tyneside

413,000

Southampton

296,000

Southend

305,000

Southwark

635,000

St Helens

250,000

Staffordshire

834,000

Stockport

389,000

Stockton-on-Tees

271,000

Stoke

306,000

Suffolk

469,000

Sunderland

365,000

Surrey

1,866,000

Sutton

562,000

Swindon

281,000

Tameside

385,000

Telford and Wrekin

331,000

Thurrock

383,000

Torbay

161,000

Tower Hamlets

737,000

Trafford

496,000

Wakefield

159,000

Walsall

498,000

Waltham Forest

666,000

Wandsworth

632,000

Warrington

401,000

Warwickshire

1,410,000

West Berkshire

229,000

West Sussex

513,000

Westminster

810,000

Wigan

939,000

Wiltshire

946,000

Windsor and Maidenhead

245,000

Wirral

382,000

Wokingham

616,000

Wolverhampton

353,000

Worcestershire

1,613,000

York

57,000

Notes:

Bury, Essex, Lancashire and Redbridge local authorities have recorded zero for line 2.0.2. These LAs have recorded some elements of SEN administration assessment and co-ordination within other SEN lines in the data collection. Lines include 2.0.1 (Educational Psychology Service), 1.2.1 (Provision for pupils with SEN, (including assigned resources), 1.2.2 (Provision for pupils with SEN, provision not included in line 1.2.1) and 1.2.3 (Support for inclusion). Detailed guidance is provided by DCSF on how to complete various lines in the data collection. It is however for each local authority to determine how they eventually record these activities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which maintained special schools have been assessed as inadequate by Ofsted in each of the last 10 years. (257657)

This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Libraries.

Letter from Christine Gilbert:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.

Tables A-J show all maintained special schools which have been placed in special measures in each academic year in the last ten years. Special measures is an Ofsted category, defined at present in the Education Act 2005, meaning that a school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.

Please be aware that the framework for inspecting maintained special schools changed in January 2000, September 2003 and September 2005. As a result, there has been no consistent 'inadequate' category over this period. These tables are, therefore, limited to those maintained special schools placed in special measures, as this category has been in place throughout the period in question.

A copy of this reply has been sent to right hon. Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the Library of both Houses.

Table A: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2007-08 (six maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

132008

Burwood School

Bromley

113963

Longspee School

Poole

131296

Montrose

Wigan

115817

Cam House School

Gloucestershire

123631

Southall School

Telford and Wrekin

119882

North Cliffe School

Lancashire

Table B: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2006-07 (11 maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

113636

Barley Lane School

Devon

119869

Massey Hall School

Lancashire

102557

Syon Park School

Hounslow

110946

Spring Common School

Cambridgeshire

123939

The Priory School

Somerset

111502

Cloughwood School

Cheshire

108129

Elmete Wood-BESD

Leeds

126170

Cornfield School, Littlehampton

West Sussex

128190

Pathways Special School

Redcar & Cleveland

115451

Homestead School

Essex

104496

Highfield School

Knowsley

Table C: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2005-06 (two maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

115443

Priory School

Southend-On-Sea

122962

Woodlands School

Nottingham City

Table D: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2004-05 (eight maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

107468

Wedgwood School and Community Nursery

Bradford

109747

Oak Bank School

Bedfordshire

132156

Kingshill School

Wigan

126168

Abbotsford Community Special School

West Sussex

119895

Brookfield School

Lancashire

106968

Kelford School

Rotherham

106971

Whiston Grange School

Rotherham

109397

Wansdyke School

Bath and North East Somerset

Table E: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2003-04 (13 maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

103761

Dartmouth School

Coventry

109398

Lime Grove Special School

Bath and North East Somerset

125457

St Nicholas School

Surrey

115819

Sandford School

Gloucestershire

109741

Rainbow School

Bedfordshire

122154

The Orchard School

Northamptonshire

123346

Northfield School

Oxfordshire

105614

Meade Hill School

Manchester

105755

Hardman Fold Community Special School

Oldham

103880

The Old Park School

Dudley

106548

Two Porches School

Wigan

131491

Redgrave School

Worcestershire

115475

Lexden Springs School

Essex

Table F: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2002-03 (18 maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

131817

Brookfield School

Herefordshire

101853

Beckmead School

Croydon

107173

East Hill Primary School

Sheffield

119033

Halstead Place School

Kent

107181

Dr John Worrall School

Sheffield

133442

The Michael Tippett School

Lambeth

132122

Mount Gilbert School

Telford and Wrekin

133432

Silverdale School

North Tyneside

132157

Highlea Secondary School

Wigan

106011

Mew Park High School

Salford

118140

Oakfield

Kingston Upon Hull

108121

Stonegate School

Leeds

131988

Thomas Bewick School

Newcastle Upon Tyne

133401

Waterside School

Greenwich

113648

Brook Green Centre for Learning

Plymouth

105623

Southern Cross School

Manchester

104026

Whittington Grange School

Sandwell

100761

Anerley School for Boys

Lewisham

Table G: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2001-02 (six maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

131692

Lever Park School

Bolton

130353

Oaklands School

Leicester City

116638

Hawthorns School

Hampshire

131598

Ian Mikardo School

Tower Hamlets

110937

Littleton House School

Cambridgeshire

105624

Castlefield School

Manchester

Table H: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 2000-01 (nine maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

102878

Little Heath School

Redbridge

131594

Nightingale School

Wandsworth

102557

Syon Park School

Hounslow

125466

Wey House School

Surrey

109747

Oak Bank School

Bedfordshire

131491

Redgrave School

Worcestershire

117050

Cliffey House School

Worcestershire

107800

Hartshead Moor School

Kirklees

103115

Hawkswood School and Centre

Waltham Forest

Table I: Maintained special schools placed in special measures in 1999-2000 (15 maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

111779

King Edwin School

Stockton-on-Tees

110189

Phoenix College

Reading

118151

South Wolds School

East Riding of Yorkshire

126547

St Lukes School

Swindon

132008

Burwood School

Bromley

103606

Baskerville School

Birmingham

115449

Ramsden Hall School

Essex

110938

The Lady Adrian Special School

Cambridgeshire

104414

Tettenhall Wood School

Wolverhampton

125480

Philip Southcote School

Surrey

104739

Lower Lee School

Liverpool

106545

Hindley Borsdane Brook School

Wigan

109399

Filton Park School

South Gloucestershire

104979

Merefield School

Sefton

102261

Whittlesea School

Harrow

Table J: Special schools placed in special measures in 1998-99 (17 maintained special schools)

URN

School name

LA name

118144

Kings Mill School

East Riding of Yorkshire

107179

Deerlands School

Sheffield

111496

Fox Wood Special School

Warrington

124905

Warren School

Suffolk

108122

Richard Oastler School

Leeds

107804

Nortonthorpe Hall School

Kirklees

101395

Northway School

Barnet

108742

Greenfields School

South Tyneside

114678

The Alternative Centre for Education

Brighton and Hove

109412

Fulford School

City of Bristol

103628

Oscott Manor School

Birmingham

102792

Beckton Special School

Newham

104273

Daw End School

Walsall

108882

Sunningdale School

Sunderland

125795

River House School

Warwickshire

125479

John Nightingale School

Surrey

120362

Millgate School

Leicester City

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of children in each decile of area deprivation by (a) pupil residence and (b) school location have been recorded as having (i) statemented and (ii) non-statemented special educational needs. (260288)

The information requested is shown in the following tables.

(i) Percentage of children in schools1, 2 with a statement of special educational needs3 by IDACI decile4 of pupil residence and school location, 2008

Percentage of children with a statement of SEN

IDACI decile4

By pupil residency

By school location

0-10% most deprived areas

3.4

2.9

10-20%

3.4

3.2

20-30%

3.4

2.9

30-40%

3.1

3.4

40-50%

2.9

2.8

50-60%

2.6

2.7

60-70%

2.5

2.7

70-80%

2.3

2.5

80-90%

2.2

2.7

90-100% least deprived areas

2.1

2.7

(ii) Percentage of children in schools1, 2 with special educational needs3 but without a statement by IDACI decile4 of pupil residence and school location, 2008

Percentage of children with SEN but without a statement

IDACI decile4

By pupil residency

By school location

0-10% most deprived areas

26.0

24.3

10-20%

23.8

22.9

20-30%

21.6

20.7

30-40%

19.4

19.1

40-50%

17.3

17.4

50-60%

15.3

16.4

60-70%

13.9

15.5

70-80%

12.6

14.7

80-90%

11.6

13.8

90-100% least deprived areas

9.9

12.8

1 Excludes dually registered pupils.

2 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools.

3 Excludes pupils whose SEN status is unknown.

4 Income Deprivation Affecting Children Indices.

Source:

Spring 2008 School Census.