Disclosure Log
Private school SEND placements (FOI/5253)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 20 January 2025
Dear ***** *****
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005253
Thank you for your email of 15th January 2025 where you requested information about Private school SEND placements. The response to your request is provided in the table below.
In your request you asked:
How many pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being educated in independent schools paid for by council
a) Please break down the numbers by financial year for the following years 2023/4, 2023/22; 2021/22
b) Please break down by private schools inside and outside borough
c) Please break down the cost of these independent placements by financial year for the following years 2023/4; 2023/22; 2021/22
| Total NoR | Total £ | Inside Notts NoR | Inside Notts £ | Outside Notts NoR | Outside Notts £ | |
| 2021/22 | 364 | £ 15,875,509 | 243 | £ 8,546,051 | 121 | £ 7,329,458 |
| 2022/23 | 470 | £ 15,391,099 | 282 | £ 7,661,207 | 188 | £ 7,729,892 |
| 2023/24 | 528 | £ 19,686,964 | 352 | £ 12,068,333 | 176 | £ 7,618,631 |
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If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.
Yours sincerely
The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council