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Special Educational Needs: Finance

Commons · Question 42767 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support secondary schools with increases in SEND costs.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 8 Apr 2025

Through the national funding formula in the 2025/26 financial year, secondary schools are being allocated over £4 billion through formula factors that act as a proxy for their pupils’ special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and other additional ...