The budgeted and actual spend for specialist education services for deaf/hearing impaired children in 2020/21 and 2021/22 - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. The budgeted and actual spend for specialist education services for deaf/hearing impaired children in 2020/21 and 2021/22 (please fill in the table on attached request email) 

2. Also the total number of deaf/hearing impaired children studying GCSE and 'A' level results fin all Secondary schools in your area and their results in the 2022 and 2021 May / June examinations (please fill in the attached tables) 

3. I would like to know the amount spent defending Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) tribunals for deaf/hearing impaired children, brought about by those not given the expected level of support under (EHCP, Education Health Care Plan). I would like this for each of the last four years using whatever Year end used internally (fill in attached table)
 

Decision

1.

2020/21 budgeted spend

What is your actual spend for 2020/21?

 

2021/22 budgeted spend

 

What is your actual spend for 2021/22?

 

Net budget (£) (i.e. budget allocation including DSG)

 684,857

  684,857

 667,245

1,342,234

 667,245

Gross budget(£) (i.e. budget allocation plus any additional income generated or expected to be generated)

  684,857

  684,857

667,245

667,245

2.

Caveat: this is partial data for the children who are open to the SEST team. 

 

GCSE & IGCSE

 

2022

Entries

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

U

English Language

9

 

1

1

3

1

2

 

1

 

 

English Literature

9

 

2

1

1

2

2

 

 

1

 

Maths

9

 

 

1

3

1

1

2

 

1

 

Average of all subjects

 7

 

 

 1

 2

 1

 1

 1

 

 1

 

 

2021

Entries

9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

U

English Language

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English Literature

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average of all subjects

 1

 

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Level 

2022

A*

A

B

C

D

E

U

Average of all subjects

 

 

 1

 1

 

 

 

 

2021

A*

A

B

C

D

E

U

Average of all subjects

 

 1

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

2018/19

 

2019/20?

 

2020/21

 

2021/22

 

Council spend on the defence of SEND tribunals brought about by the family of deaf/hearing impaired children

 £1,314.13

 £0

£0 

 £2,526.80

 

Caveat: this is legal costs only and does not include officer time.  This is for children who are open to SEST.  There may other children with hearing loss who are not open to send as they do not meet the service criteria.

Reference number
FOI 5208545
Date request received
30/09/22
Date of decision
19/10/22