Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 21
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Deferred
Paragraph: 107
Take specific barriers into account when developing attendance metrics for SEND pupils.
Conclusion
Attendance and engagement should be seen as key metrics of educational outcomes for SEND pupils in specialist settings. However, the Department should take specific barriers into account when developing these metrics and ensure that they are not expected to behave identically to peers in other settings.
Government Response Summary
The government discussed a new burdens assessment from Spring 2022 and how local authorities are already delivering expectations, rather than addressing the recommendation to develop specific attendance and engagement metrics for SEND pupils.
Paragraph Reference:
107
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
21. The Government undertook a full new burdens assessment in Spring 2022 which is publicly available on gov.uk. The assessment was undertaken with the Association of Government response 5 Directors of Childrens Services (ADCS), Local Government Association (LGA) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. It was based on the available evidence at the time from those local authorities already delivering the expectations in the guidance and who were willing to share financial data with the Department. It showed that those local authorities (which varied in size and type) were doing so with or below the national average number of local authority staff per pupil (one member of staff per 5,490 pupils).