special school placements

[devientenigma]

how are these funded in England?

Usually by the LEA, although resi placements may be part funded by social services.

by the local education authority I thought?

Though I do know the nhs has to fund parts of the therapies i think and professionals etc. That's my understanding of it anyway.

There are private special schools too, but usually (ime anyway) the LEA funds those places too in the severe end of the spectrum

just really trying to work out if the LA were telling porkies when I asked if DS SS placement was funded individually and how much. The reply was no the school gets funding on how many students there are able to take, regardless of how many students are in the school. So if the school took 50 kids, they would be funded for 50 regardless if they had 49 or 51.

That sounds a bit odd, although often the SS seem to be full, so might be true. DS1's school is SLD/PMLD though and different children have different support needs, maybe some children have extra funding attached? I have no idea tbh.

That's not true. Our special school is funded on a pupil basis, not how many they can have