High needs funding arrangements: 2022 to 2023
Information for local authorities and institutions about high needs funding arrangements for the 2022 to 2023 financial and academic year.
Applies to England
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Operational guide
Read the operational guide to:
- find out how the high needs funding streams work for all types of provision
- help local authorities plan their 2022 to 2023 financial year high needs funding
- help institutions and providers plan their 2022 to 2023 academic year
Special free schools adjustment: a guide for local authorities
This guide explains how local authorities’ dedicated schools grants are adjusted for new and growing free schools.
High needs place change process
Read the guidance for an overview of the place change process for the 2022 to 2023 academic year, including how to determine place numbers and a timeline.
High needs place change request outcomes: 2022 to 2023
The high needs place change notification outcomes inform the funded place numbers for the 2022 to 2023 academic year in academies, free schools, further education (FE) colleges and independent learning providers.
How to complete the high needs place change workbook
Local authorities should use these detailed instructions to help complete the place change workbook for institutions in their area.
Hospital education funding: guidance
Read the hospital education funding guidance to find out how local authorities can apply for changes to their hospital education funding for 2022 to 2023 financial year.
High needs pupil/student numbers and places: 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 academic year
The high needs student numbers data workbook shows:
- the actual number of pupils in special academies and special free schools recorded in the spring 2021 school census, including the place numbers for the 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 academic years
- the post-16 high needs student numbers for further education colleges, independent learning providers, 16 to 19 academies and 16 to 19 free schools, as recorded in the 2020 to 2021 individualised learner record (ILR) R14 data return – it also shows the place numbers for the 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 academic years (see the ‘ILR actuals and published places’ tab)
- the post-16 high needs student numbers for special post-16 institutions (SPIs) as recorded in the 2020 to 2021 ILR R14 data return – it also shows the place numbers for the 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 academic years (see the ‘SPI actuals & published places’ tab)
Further information
Read the schools operational guide: 2022 to 2023 to help plan the local implementation of the funding system for the 2022 to 2023 financial year.
Read the high needs funding 2021 to 2022: operational guide for information about the 2021 to 2022 academic and financial year funding arrangements.
You can read the national funding formula for schools and high needs for further details of the NFF funding system for 2022 to 2023.
View the provisional national funding formula allocation tables for schools, high needs and central school services blocks for 2022 to 2023.
Last updated 29 March 2023 + show all updates
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High needs funding: 2022 to 2023 operational guidance - section 'Special post-16 institutions' - we have amended the final paragraph and added a link to the 2022 to 2023 academic year in-year growth criteria (element 1 and element 2) for 16 to 19 education.
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We've updated the high needs funding operational guidance.
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High needs place change outcomes enquiry window now open
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High needs place change outcomes data added
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We've added the special free schools adjustment: a guide for local authorities.
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The high needs student numbers data workbook has been updated
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We've added: the how to complete the high needs place change workbook guidance; the hospital education funding guidance; the high needs place change process for academic year 2022 to 2023; and the high needs pupil numbers 2020 to 2021 and 2021 to 2022 academic year spreadsheet.
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