Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) and SEN Units Policy 2025
Funding
How will the new Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) and Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Units be funded?
Place funding for ARP and SEND Units as required by the Department for Education (DfE). This is a combination of per-pupil funding through the local schools' funding formula, plus £6,000 High Needs funding per place for those occupied by pupils on roll, and £10,000 High Needs funding per place for the remainder of places to be funded.
The council will provide the place funding for maintained schools, but DfE will provide the place funding directly for academies. The Council will also provide additional funding, on the same basis, for any ARP and SEND Unit with over-numbered places.
Each ARP and SEND Unit then has an amount of funding per child to meet the individualised needs of all pupils and cover the cost of staffing, staff training, equipment, resource and any external professional support a child in the ARP and SEND Unit may need, such as support from Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy or counselling.
