Local authorities are required to provide schools with sufficient funds to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up to the value of £6,000. This funding comes from the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.<\/p>
When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEND exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This top-up funding, and funding for special schools, comes from the local authority\u2019s high needs budget, which is part of the high needs block of the Dedicated Schools Grant.<\/p>
The published schools block and high needs block allocations for each local authority since 2013-14 are available at the following links:<\/p>
2013-14 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2013-to-2014<\/a>.<\/p> 2014-15 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-2014-to-2015<\/a>.<\/p> 2015-16 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2015-to-2016<\/a>.<\/p> 2016-17 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2016-to-2017<\/a>.<\/p> 2017-18 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2017-to-2018<\/a>.<\/p> 2018-19 figures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019<\/a>.<\/p>