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 ...