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1691881

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date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs schools there were in England at the end of (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>According to the Get Information About Schools (GIAS) database, in 2021 there were 238 open residential special schools. In 2022 there were 175 and in 2023 there were 159. This is a reduction in special schools offering residential provision, the number of special schools grew from 1,689 in 2021 to 1,822 in 2023.</p><p>This includes local authority maintained special schools, special academies, non-maintained special schools, independent special schools and specialist post-16 institutions. It covers both those registered as boarding schools, subject to the national minimum standards for residential special schools, and those which offer provision for more than 38 weeks per year and are dual registered as children’s homes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/03/2024 18:00:35 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1691882

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs school were owned by private equity companies for the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.</p><p>The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.</p><p>Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.</p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2773 HL2774 HL2811 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:53:08 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1691883

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs schools were rated by Ofsted as (1) outstanding, (2) good, (3) requires improvement, and (4) inadequate, at the end of 2023; and how many private equity owned schools were in each of those categories.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.</p><p>The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.</p><p>Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.</p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2772 HL2774 HL2811 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:53:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1691884

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Boarding Schools: Special Educational Needs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational schools are currently owned by (1) charities, (2) public bodies, and (3) not for profit companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>There are currently 148 residential special schools in England: 26 are maintained schools, 32 are non-maintained special schools, 35 are academy and free schools, 55 are independent schools.</p><p>The department does not systematically collect data on the type of companies that own schools. Therefore, the department does not disaggregate these results based on whether they are owned by private equity companies or not-for-profit organisations.</p><p>Of the 55 independent residential special schools, interrogation of the Independent School Register shows 16 are charities. Ofsted ratings show that 10 of these schools are rated outstanding, 39 are rated good, and six are rated as requires improvement.</p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the share size that private for-profit companies have of the market and has not been in discussion with the Competition and Markets Authority about this sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran grouped question UIN HL2772 HL2773 HL2811 question first answered 11/03/2024 14:53:09 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1691885

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Care Homes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many children's homes there were in England at the end of (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023; and how many of those in each year were secure homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL2775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the noble Lord and a copy of his reply will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 11/03/2024 17:24:38 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner