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<p>We recognise the challenges that special schools face supporting pupils with high
levels of need, that is why base funding is set at a much higher level of £10,000
per place. On top of this, local authorities provide top up funding to reflect additional
need in respect of individual pupils. The level of the top-up funding is a matter
for agreement between the local authority and the school, and we do not prescribe
in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding.</p><p> </p><p>To
assist local authorities in making sure that special schools have sufficient resources,
in 2018-19 we have provided Barnsley with £21.9 million in high needs funding, 3.1%
more than they planned to spend in 2017-18. These allocations can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p>
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