Young people and education

The Department for Education has published a statistical first release on planned expenditure on schools, education, children and young people’s services by local authority for the financial year 2014 – 2015.

The data covers local authority maintained schools only so does not include academies, with key figures including:

  • The planned expenditure on schools, education, children and young people’s services for all local authorities in England in 2014–15 is £50.9billion gross;
  • ·The planned expenditure on Total Schools Budget is £39.6billion gross, an increase of £0.6billion on the previous year;
  • The planned expenditure on Other Education and Community Budget is £3billion gross, a decrease on £0.2billion since the previous year;
  • The planned expenditure on children and young people’s services including youth justice is £8.3billion, a decrease of £0.1billion since the previous year; and
  • £4,361 is the planned funding per pupil in 2014–2015.

To download the statistical release visit www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358165/SR35-2014_Text.pdf.

The Council for Disabled Children at NCB has produced an outcomes pyramid to help parents and professionals identify outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs. It is based on a piece of work carried out as part of the CHUMS research study into health outcomes, led by researchers from the Peninsula Cerebra Research Unit.

The Council for Disabled Children spoke with over 100 children, young people and parents about the outcomes that mattered to them and found that they could be visualised as a hierarchy and the EHC outcomes pyramid was developed as a tool to help bring that process to life. To download the outcomes pyramid visit www.councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources/cdcs-resources/ehc-outcomes-pyramid.

The government has published its response to the Education Committee's report, entitled Into independence: not out of care: 16 plus care options. To view the government’s response visit www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmeduc/738/73804.htm. To read the Education Committee’s report visit www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/education-committee/publications.