High needs funding arrangements: 2025 to 2026
Information for local authorities, schools and colleges about high needs funding arrangements for the 2025 to 2026 financial and academic year.
Applies to England
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High needs place change process
Read the guidance for an overview of the place change process for the 2025 to 2026 academic year, including how to determine place numbers and a timeline.
How to complete the high needs place change workbook
Local authorities should use these instructions to help complete the high needs place change workbook for providers 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 the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
High needs pupil numbers in the school census: 2023 to 2024 academic year
The high needs pupil data shows the number of pupils in special academies and special free schools recorded in the spring 2024 school census. It also shows the place numbers for the 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025 academic years. We issued 2023 to 2024 R06 data to local authorities, with the import/export adjustment for the 2024 to 2025 financial year, in June 2024.