Transparency and freedom of information releases

List of local authorities who applied to open a special free school in the 2022 special free schools wave, and those who were successful.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 March 2024

• Local authority applications to open a special free school: 2022

  If a local authority appears more than once, this indicates that they have…

A list of allocated high needs place numbers to help collaboration between local authorities and institutions.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Independent schools for pupils with special educational needs or disabilities, which have been approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Letter outlining the grant provided to local authorities in England to support delivery of better value in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) implementation plans.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 November 2023

Working arrangements between Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to coordinate their roles and activities.

• From: Ofsted
• Updated: 28 May 2019

Details of the progress of transferring statements of special educational needs (SEN) to education, health and care (EHC) plans in England: 31 March 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 10 May 2018

Details of the progress of transferring statements of special educational needs (SEN) to education, health and care (EHC) plans in England: 1 March 2018.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 29 March 2018

Additional grant funding for local authorities to implement the SEND (special educational needs and disability) reforms.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 January 2018

The levels that children with special educational needs (SEN) are reaching in reading and literacy.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 September 2013

What research and sources of information were used to draft government policies on SEN which have been published in the last 2 years.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 September 2013

A Freedom of Information disclosure about the total number of responses from local authorities to the Green Paper 'Support & Aspiration: A new approach to SEN and disability'.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 September 2011

A Freedom of Information disclosure about SEN assessments received, rejected and referred to appeal.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 March 2011

A request and disclosure for information relating to the Building Schools for the Future programme and the coalition government's strategy for the education of those with HF autism and Asperger syndrome.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 16 August 2010

A request and disclosure of information about the cost of education for SEN pupils.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 28 June 2010