Children's Social Care and Independent Schools cost 2024-2025
Case reference FOI2025/00753
Received 14 April 2025
Published 12 May 2025
Request
Please provide the following information under the FOIA.
1) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple placements. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.
2) Please provide the highest weekly amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.
3) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child’s placement in independent special schools. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple schools during the financial year. If known, please provide any mitigating reasons for any high costs (e.g. 4-to-1 care) if you believe it to be relevant.
Response
1) Please provide the following information under the FOIA. 1) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple placements. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.
Answer: £601,915 in a Children’s Residential Home
2) Please provide the highest weekly amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for individual child's placement in either children’s homes, unregulated homes or residential special schools? Please state the nature of the placement e.g. children’s home. Please include all costs including all care and education costs, per child placement.
Answer: £13,953.35 in an independent Residential Establishment/School.
3) Please provide the highest annual amount paid in the 2024/25 financial year for an individual child’s placement in independent special schools. Please provide the total annual cost if the child has been placed in multiple schools during the financial year.
Answer: £124,188.
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