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<p>Local authorities are legally required to provide schools with sufficient funds
to enable schools to meet the additional cost of pupils with special educational needs
(SEN) and disabilities, up to £6,000. Local authorities must set a notional SEN budget
for every school in their area as part of their local schools formula, funded from
the overall schools budget, although this funding is not ring-fenced and it remains
the responsibility of each school to manage its overall budget, and ensure that the
needs of all its pupils are being met.</p><p>When the costs of additional support
required for a pupil with SEN exceed £6,000, the local authority should also allocate
additional top-up funding to cover the excess costs. This funding comes from the local
authority’s high needs budget. On 17 December 2018, we announced an addition of £250
million in high needs funding across the current financial year and the next, on top
of the additional funding we had already promised. As a result, Nottinghamshire will
receive an additional £1.7 million of this funding in each year, bringing their high
needs funding total to £66.5 million in 2019-20.</p><p>The figures for the last three
years are illustrated below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Schools
Funding Amount</p></td><td><p>High Needs Funding Amount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£447.8
million</p></td><td><p>£57.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£459.4
million</p></td><td><p>£59.8 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£469.1
million</p></td><td><p>£64.0 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>
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