Information by school sector and local authority for April 2018 to March 2019.
This is not the latest release in the series: Budgeted expenditure on Special Educational Needs provision
Series information:
Main points
- Total expenditure on Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision is budgeted to be £381 million, an increase of £8.8 million or 2.4% compared with the previous year.
- 27% of the total budgeted SEN expenditure is delegated to special schools. Notional allocations within nursery, primary, middle and secondary schools account for a further 46% of the total. The remaining 27% is non-delegated money held centrally by local authorities.
- Denbighshire delegates the largest proportion of their SEN budget to their schools at 90%, whilst Caerphilly delegates the smallest proportion at 56%.
- Total SEN expenditure per pupil for Wales is budgeted to be £844. This consists of £617 delegated expenditure per pupil and £227 non-delegated expenditure per pupil.
- Blaenau Gwent has the largest SEN budget per pupil at £1,107, whilst the Rhondda Cynon Taf has the smallest SEN budget per pupil at £639.
Reports
Budgeted expenditure on Special Educational Needs provision, April 2018 to March 2019 , file type: PDF, file size: 490 KB
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