Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 56438
Special Educational Needs: Finance
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that place funding for special school pupils is increased in line with (a) inflation and (b) special educational requirements.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellSpecial schools receive £10,000 per place, alongside high needs top-up funding, which is paid directly by local authorities to the schools in which their placements are made. It is the top-up funding which is intended to reflect the cost of special educat...
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