High Needs Funding Rates 2023/24: UK School and College Place Funding

London Borough of Barnet data details the allocation of core high needs funding for the 2023/24 financial year. This place funding is provided annually to special schools, mainstream schools with SEN units or resource provisions, and colleges that educate students with high needs. The dataset outlines the funding mechanism, where schools and colleges have autonomy to apportion the allocated funds across places commissioned by local authorities, guided by individual Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.

Use Cases

• Analyzing funding allocation formulas for high-needs places across different school types.
• Budget planning for schools and colleges based on commissioned place numbers and EHC plans.
• Comparing core high-needs funding rates between local authorities for the 2023/24 period.
• Auditing the use of place funding against the provision specified in individual student plans.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on uk_data and eu_open_data signals established importance and reuse.
• Provides specific policy detail on the autonomy schools have in apportioning allocated funds.
• Clearly defines the scope of eligible institutions (special schools, mainstream with SEN units/RPs, colleges).

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: no column names, row counts, or file formats are provided.
• Update dates conflict between sources, with one showing a future date (2026-04 29), casting doubt on temporal accuracy.
• The dataset description is repeated verbatim across all platforms, suggesting a lack of detailed documentation.

Provenance

Source

London Borough of Barnet

Collection Method

Administrative data on education funding allocation.

Time Range

2023/24 financial year

Freshness

2026-04-29 06:01:06.976048 (Note: This is a future date, indicating a potential metadata error.)

Geography

United Kingdom, specifically institutions within the scope of the London Borough of Barnet's funding framework.