William Eichler 18 October 2024

SEND funding formula ‘unfair’, councillor says

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The formula used to calculate how much funding councils receive to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is ‘unfair’, a councillor has said.

Cllr Victoria Aitken, portfolio holder for children and young people’s education, health and wellbeing at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said the authority receives just £960 per pupil.

Camden Council, the highest-funded authority for SEND, receives £3,300.

‘It’s totally unfair. We need it to change. We need that funding formula to be revisited,’ said Cllr Aitken.

Cllr Aitken added that East Riding of Yorkshire Council would receive an extra £100m per year if it was the top-funded council.

A Department for Education spokesperson acknowledge that young people with SEND have been ‘let down by a system that is not working’.

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