During the 2008-09 financial year, we estimate that the average funding for a maintained special school place was £17,633. However, from information held centrally it is not possible to estimate this figure for children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties in particular.
In estimating this figure we have included all children attending maintained special schools. We have not included related costs often incurred by local authorities, such as home to school transport, or the capital costs associated with building or refurbishing maintained special schools. We have also not included the cost of places in independent sector and non-maintained special schools.