SEN COSTS, month of birth, gender, primary need - 2011-2012 & 2012-2013

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Dear Cheshire West and Chester Council,

Could you please provide the following information for years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 respectively in relation to your Local Authority(LA) maintained/state-funded mainstream schools (not special schools, pupil referral units or out-of borough pupils):

1) SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT & COSTS
The percentage of pupils with SEN without statement by month of birth and gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

2) SEN WITH STATEMENT & COSTS
The percentage of pupils with SEN with statement by month of birth and gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

3) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age in Year 7 at the start of the academic with each primary type of need listed below with SEN without statement in
a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty
• Moderate Learning Difficulty
• Severe Learning Difficulty
• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty
• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Multi-Sensory Impairment
• Physical Disability
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Other Difficulty/Disability

4) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITH STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age in Year 7 at the start of the academic year with each primary type of need listed below with SEN with statement in
a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and
b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty
• Moderate Learning Difficulty
• Severe Learning Difficulty
• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty
• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty
• Hearing Impairment
• Visual Impairment
• Multi-Sensory Impairment
• Physical Disability
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Other Difficulty/Disability

Yours faithfully,

Michelle Melson

Cheshire West and Chester Council

RE: Your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Case Reference: 101001584449

Dear Ms Melson

Thank you for your email 20th September 2013.

It will be treated as a request within the meaning of the Act: this means that we will send you a full response within 20 working days, either supplying you with the information which you want, or explaining to you why we cannot supply it.

If we need any further clarification or there is any problem we will be in touch.

In the meantime if you wish to discuss this further please contact me. It would be helpful if you could quote the log number 1584449.

Yours sincerely

Scott Robertson
FOI Unit

Solutions Team

Cheshire West and Chester Council

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Dear Ms Melson

Thank you for your freedom of information request of 20 September 2013
which has been logged as 1584449.  I apologise for the delay in replying. 
I confirm that Cheshire West and Chester Council hold information relating
to your request and am able to provide you with the following response.

For the purpose of clarity,  I have reproduced your request:  

Could you please provide the following information for years 2011-2012 and
2012-2013 respectively in relation to your Local Authority(LA)
maintained/state-funded mainstream schools (not special schools, pupil
referral units or out-of borough pupils):

1) SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT & COSTS

The percentage of pupils with SEN without statement by month of birth and
gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional
support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to
school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by
month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

2) SEN WITH STATEMENT & COSTS

The percentage of pupils with SEN with statement by month of birth and
gender in:

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools

and the financial cost to your LA in relation to providing additional
support for these pupils whether by the level of funding provided to
school budgets and/or the level of funding held centrally (preferably by
month of birth and gender):

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary

3) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITHOUT STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age
in Year 7 at the start of the academic with each primary type of need
listed below with SEN without statement in

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty

• Moderate Learning Difficulty

• Severe Learning Difficulty

• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty

• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty

• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty

• Hearing Impairment

• Visual Impairment

• Multi-Sensory Impairment

• Physical Disability

• Autistic Spectrum Disorder

• Other Difficulty/Disability

4) PRIMARY TYPE OF NEED - SEN WITH STATEMENT

The percentage of pupils by gender and their age in reception class or age
in Year 7 at the start of the academic year with each primary type of need
listed below with SEN with statement in

a) your LA maintained/state-funded primary schools and

b) your LA maintained/state-funded secondary schools;

• Specific Learning Difficulty

• Moderate Learning Difficulty

• Severe Learning Difficulty

• Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty

• Behaviour, Emotional and Social Difficulty

• Speech Language and Communication Difficulty

• Hearing Impairment

• Visual Impairment

• Multi-Sensory Impairment

• Physical Disability

• Autistic Spectrum Disorder

• Other Difficulty/Disability

In answer to your request for information please find attached 2 excel
spreadsheets.

I trust this answers your enquiry.

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Yours sincerely

Ruth Winson

Solutions Team

Cheshire West and Chester Council

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Dear FOI West,

Many thanks for this response, it is much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Michelle Melson