The available information for planned net expenditure on the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs in England for 2008-09 is contained within the following table:
£ Individual Schools Budget (ISB) for special schools 1,505,416,000 Funding delegated to nursery, primary and secondary schools identified as "notional SEN" 2,043,281,000 SEN funding delegated to schools 3,548,697,000 Provision for pupils with SEN (including assigned resources) 261,032,000 Provision for pupils with SEN; provision not included in line 1.2.1 215,724,000 Support for inclusion 80,239,000 Fees for pupils at independent special schools and abroad 582,156,000 Inter-authority recoupment 45,991,000 Centrally retained SEN element of the school budget 1,185,141,000 Educational Psychology Service 146,243,000 SEN administration assessment and co-ordination 86,016,000 Therapies and other Health Related Services 13,171,000 Parent partnership guidance and information 20,115,000 Monitoring of SEN provision 17,895,000 LA functions in relation to child protection 81,789,000 SEN element of the LA budget 365,229,000 Total planned expenditure on the provision of education for children with special educational needs' 5,099,068,000 Planned expenditure on SEN transport 552,559,000
The requested information for the 12 year time period could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, a table providing information for the years 1997, 2002 and 2008 has been placed in the House Libraries. Information is provided for maintained primary, state-funded secondary and independent schools. Information on types of independent schools is not collected.
In 2008, 38 (0.29 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 10 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.
578 (4.38 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 20 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.
2383 (18.06 per cent.) of pupils with statements of SEN were in maintained mainstream schools with fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieving five or more grades A*-C including English and maths.
Only maintained mainstream schools with 10 or more pupils were considered in the answer.
The Department does not hold historical data relating to the special educational needs priority one indicator for special schools. The indicator relates only to a school’s current SEN designation. Tables, taken from my Department’s records, based on information provided by local authorities, indicating the number of maintained and non-maintained special schools in each local authority area for each of the years 1997, 2003 and 2008 have been placed in the House Libraries for viewing.
The earliest and latest available data are shown in the following table.
Data for further years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The data show the number of pupils attending independent schools in each local authority area that are either approved under s347 of the Education Act 1996, or that cater wholly or mainly for pupils with special educational needs. The Department does not hold data identifying which authority may have placed a pupil in an independent school, or whether pupils have been placed at their parents' own expense.
Headcount of pupils2 LA Number LA name 20053 20083 202 Camden 40 10 204 Hackney 50 70 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 130 90 207 Kensington and Chelsea 0 40 208 Lambeth 40 30 210 Southwark 40 40 212 Wandsworth 110 100 213 Westminster 130 150 301 Barking and Dagenham 0 10 302 Barnet 20 30 305 Bromley 30 30 306 Croydon 50 60 307 Ealing 100 100 308 Enfield 10 0 309 Haringey 30 70 312 Hillingdon 70 90 315 Merton 130 180 316 Newham 0 0 318 Richmond upon Thames 0 140 319 Sutton 4— 4— 330 Birmingham 50 130 331 Coventry 0 4— 334 Solihull 0 4— 335 Walsall 0 100 340 Knowsley 20 0 341 Liverpool 50 50 342 St Helens 60 60 343 Sefton 50 50 350 Bolton 0 4— 351 Bury 0 10 352 Manchester 60 40 353 Oldham 0 0 354 Rochdale 4— 10 356 Stockport 50 60 357 Tameside 0 10 370 Barnsley 10 130 371 Doncaster 70 70 372 Rotherham 130 0 373 Sheffield 20 30 380 Bradford 0 10 381 Calderdale 20 50 382 Kirklees 0 4— 383 Leeds 0 4— 384 Wakefield 10 30 392 North Tyneside 0 20 394 Sunderland 80 70 801 City of Bristol 80 80 803 South Gloucestershire 20 20 805 Hartlepool 0 4— 810 City of Kingston-Upon-Hull 50 30 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 4— 10 813 North Lincolnshire 0 10 815 North Yorkshire 10 20 820 Bedfordshire 4— 30 825 Buckinghamshire 90 120 830 Derbyshire 270 250 835 Dorset 230 240 840 Durham 0 10 841 Darlington 0 10 845 East Sussex 210 210 846 Brighton and Hove 10 10 850 Hampshire 420 510 852 Southampton 60 50 855 Leicestershire 80 140 857 Rutland 0 50 860 Staffordshire 180 180 861 Stoke 0 10 865 Wiltshire 160 160 867 Bracknell Forest 0 10 869 West Berkshire 60 60 870 Reading 10 0 872 Wokingham 30 10 873 Cambridgeshire 80 80 874 City of Peterborough 0 10 875 Cheshire 50 50 876 Halton 4— 20 877 Warrington 10 20 878 Devon 170 190 879 City of Plymouth 20 10 880 Torbay 10 10 881 Essex 130 190 882 Southend 0 4— 884 Herefordshire 100 90 885 Worcestershire 70 70 886 Kent 470 540 887 Medway 50 40 888 Lancashire 460 550 889 Blackburn and Darwen 60 10 890 Blackpool 4— 10 891 Nottinghamshire 10 10 892 City of Nottingham 30 10 893 Shropshire 140 210 894 Telford and Wrekin 30 50 908 Cornwall 0 10 909 Cumbria 360 300 916 Gloucestershire 50 50 919 Hertfordshire 50 60 925 Lincolnshire 50 60 926 Norfolk 190 210 928 Northamptonshire 70 90 929 Northumberland 0 4— 931 Oxfordshire 50 70 933 Somerset 470 420 935 Suffolk 90 130 936 Surrey 420 520 937 Warwickshire 30 50 938 West Sussex 220 210 1 Includes school types: Independent Schools Approved for SEN Pupils and Other Independent Special Schools. 2 Excludes dually registered pupils. 3 In a small number of cases there is a relatively large change between the two years. This is because of changes in the number of schools of this type between the years, and movement of schools between local authority areas. 4 Less than five pupils. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census
(2) how many specials schools there were in each decile of lower layer super output areas as determined by the income deprivation affecting children indices in 2003.
The information requested is shown in the table:
IDACI decile 2003 2008 0-10% most deprived areas 121 117 10-20% 122 114 20-30% 113 102 30-40% 125 123 40-50% 110 99 50-60% 94 92 60-70% 115 105 70-80% 105 93 80-90% 129 109 90-100% least deprived areas 126 111 1 Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. 2 2007 Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index. Source: School Census
This information is not available.
No child with special educational needs (SEN) should be denied admission to a mainstream school because of staffing levels. They are protected against being treated worse then other children in the admissions process. For children with SEN statements, under section 324 (5) (b) of the Education Act 1996, local authority maintained schools, including maintained mainstream schools, are required to admit pupils whose statements name the school. The statements may set out extra staffing resources to meet the child's needs. The statutory School Admissions Code says that admission authorities and school governing bodies must ensure that their admission arrangements are fair and do not unfairly disadvantage particular social or racial groups including children with SEN. Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, children with SEN who also come within the definition of disability under that Act are protected against discrimination in the matter of admissions on the ground of disability and their parents can make claims to the First-tier Tribunal (SEN and Disability) or to local admissions panels if they feel their child has been discriminated against.
As at January 2008, there were 40,000 more teachers in schools than there were in 1997. The total school workforce staff (teacher and support staff) has grown by 42 per cent. since 1997, with the number of teaching assistants having increased by 12,700 between 2007 and 2008. Full-time teacher vacancies in local authority maintained schools were running at 0.7 per cent. in East Sussex, the same percentage as for England as a whole.