Education - Finance on Special schools

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Dear Telford and Wrekin Council,

Please could you provide under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the following information covering financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21:

1. How many Special schools within your Local Authority (LA)?
2. How many of the Special schools are LA maintained, academies or Free schools?
3. The TOTAL number of places commissioned to the Special schools by the LA?
4. The banding rates of the Special schools or LA Matrix including type of setting/provision (using Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) definition):
a. Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
b. Hearing Impairment (HI)
c. Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD)
d. Multi Sensory Impairment (MSI)
e. Physical disability (PD)
f. Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty (P&MLD)
g. Social Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH)
h. Speech Language & communication needs (SLCN)
i. Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD)
j. Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
k. Visual Impairment (VI)
l. Other difficulty/disability
5. The TOTAL number of Additional Resourced Provision (ARPs) or SEN units attached to mainstream schools.
6. The TOTAL number of places commissioned by the LA to the ARPs/SEN units including specialism.

Yours faithfully,

P.Harvey

Telford and Wrekin Council

Dear Mr/Ms Harvey,

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 Acknowledgement -TWC-56343

Thank you for your request for information received by us on 24 September
2020 asking for the following:

Please could you provide under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
following information covering financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and
2020-21:

1. How many Special schools within your Local Authority (LA)?

2. How many of the Special schools are LA maintained, academies or Free
schools?

3. The TOTAL number of places commissioned to the Special schools by the
LA?

4. The banding rates of the Special schools or LA Matrix including type of
setting/provision (using Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
definition):

a. Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

b. Hearing Impairment (HI)

c. Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD)

d. Multi Sensory Impairment (MSI)

e. Physical disability (PD)

f.  Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty (P&MLD)

g. Social Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH)

h. Speech Language & communication needs (SLCN)

i. Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD)

j. Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)

k. Visual Impairment (VI)

l.  Other difficulty/disability

5. The TOTAL number of Additional Resourced Provision (ARPs) or SEN units
attached to mainstream schools.

6.  The TOTAL number of places commissioned by the LA to the ARPs/SEN
units including specialism.

The Freedom of Information Act requires us to provide this information to
you within 20 working days of receiving your request. Therefore we will
aim to respond to you by the 22 October 2020.

However, if the information you request is subject to an exemption which
prevents us from releasing it, as defined by the Act, we will issue you
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In the meantime, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting the above reference number.

Yours sincerely, 

Phoebe Bryan

Information Governance

 

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Telford and Wrekin Council

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Dear Sir / Madam,

Freedom of information request Reference TWC-56343.

Please find attached your response.

Kind Regards,

Information Governance

01952 382537

[Telford and Wrekin Council request email]

 

 

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