School Forum

SEND Demand Management14 April 2014

Local and National context – why change?

Special School Funding

Top Up Funding to Schools2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/15

Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Estimate

£000 £000 £000 £000 £000 £000

Original Estimates 731 821 861 964 1,170 1,583Retrospective Adjustments (shown in year due not year paid)

287 300 374 626 N/a N/a

In year payments - Spring Term 0 0 0 0 613 1,160

In year payments -Summer term 0 0 0 0 390 1,160

In year payments -Autumn Term 0 0 0 0 80 380

Total 1,018 1,121 1,235 1,591 2,253 4,283

Increase on Previous Year 219 103 114 356 662 2,030

Children with statements of special educational needs 1309 children with statements in Derby

All statemented children: Top 3 primary needs - ASD, MLD and BESD - account for 58% of the total statemented population, with

ASD accounting for 28% alone.

Children placed out of area: 145 children who are currently placed in an ‘Out of Area’ (OOA) placement Top 3 primary needs - ASD, BESD and MLD - account for 73% of the total OOA population, with ASD

accounting for 47% alone. ASD is the most important and prevalent need both in Derby and OOA placements In line with national trends indicating a growth in ASD (ie DH figures indicate a 50% growth 2006 – 2010)

Primary Needs trends

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Primary Needs of pupils on SEN Placements in Derby against the National Average*,.

Pupils in Derby: Have a higher incidence of:

ASD (5.2%) Hearing Impairment (4.5% higher) Profound MLD (5.7% higher) MLD (3.2% higher).

Have a lower incidence of: Speech, Language & Communication

Difficulty (8.2% lower SLD (5.4% lower)

* National data obtained from the ‘Children with special educational needs: an analysis – 2014’ published by the Department of Education on 12 September 2014.

Where are our children?

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Where our children (with statements) live•Children with statements who live and go to school in-area (north Derby)

Where are our resources – school provision•The maps below show the spread of school provision within Derby, identifying mainstream, ERF and special schools (both primary and secondary).

NB: map above is zoomed in to city centre

OOA Breakdown of school year (2013-14)OOA Breakdown of school year (2013-14)

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Analysis Insight/next steps

67% of children in OOA placements are of secondary school age, with 50% in Year 9 or above.61% of children were 11 or older when they started at their current OOA school.Only 37% of OOA children were 11 or older when they had their first statement

The transition to secondary school and then as children become teenagers seem to be critical.A focus on these transition points could be beneficial.

All OOA placements

Age when statement issued Most common ages for a child to be issued with a statement - 10, 11 or 4 years Most common age for a child to be placed OOA - 4, 7 or 11 years. This is in line with the key transition points in a child’s education.

This could tell us that: As soon as children are being issued with statements they are being placed OOA to cater for their need. Both the issuing of a statement and move to an OOA

placement are in line with key transition points between nursery and primary school, and primary and secondary school. Questions whether EHCP’s should be issued earlier in a child’s life, rather than waiting until a point of education transition. It may be that the education system is

driving support provision, rather than the needs of the child. (These hypotheses needs to be tested and validated with the SEN team)

1 January 2014 statistics (March 2015)

Special

Maintained Non-maintained Overall

National 1.25% 0.05% 1.3%

Derby 1.22% 0.33% 1.56%

50 RSDD 1.22% 0.21% 1.43%

With RSDD 0.26% above national average =106 extra places

Without 50 places at RSDD, then 1.3% above national average = extra 56 places

12 maintained places below the national average for maintained schools