Pupil Referral Units/Alternative Provisions - number of pupils/funding/waiting list
Case reference FOI2023/01915
Published 11 December 2023
Request
Can you tell me for your local authority:
How many Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) or other alternative provision (AP) in your area are in deficit or are projecting a deficit in the next year?
What is the average funding PRUs/AP receive per pupil in your area?
How many permanent exclusions were there in your local authority area in the following academic years: 2018-19, 2021-22, and 2022-23?
Do you have a waiting list for PRU/AP places in your area?
How many children are currently waiting for places?
If your PRUs and AP are already full, when did they fill up?
Response
Can you tell me for your local authority:
How many Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) or other alternative provision (AP) in your area are in deficit or are projecting a deficit in the next year?
Herefordshire has one Pupil Referral Unit and this is not in or predicting to be in deficit during the next financial year.
What is the average funding PRUs/AP receive per pupil in your area?
The PRU is funded at £10,000 per commissioned place as per Department for Education regulations and the budgeted average top-up per pupil is £9,552. If all places are filled then the average amount per pupil is £19,552.
How many permanent exclusions were there in your local authority area in the following academic years: 2018-19, 2021-22, and 2022-23?
2018-19 = 13
2021-22 = 25
2022-23 = 32
Do you have a waiting list for PRU/AP places in your area?
Not as at 1 Dec 2023.
How many children are currently waiting for places?
None as at 1 Dec 2023.
If your PRUs and AP are already full, when did they fill up?
Not applicable.
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