Management Information Sheet

Notional SEN 2023-24

MI Sheet TypeAction
To Be Completed By: 16/12/2022
MI Number:205/22
Publication Date:22/11/2022 10:00:00
LA Contact:Martin Brock (01603 223800)
Audience:Heads, finance and business leads, SENCOs and governors

Notional SEN 2023-24

Following new guidance from the DfE for 2023-24, the Local Authority (LA) is required to review its basis for the Notional SEN calculation within the mainstream schools' funding formula for the next financial year.

Notional SEN allocations, which are published as part of each school's budget share documentation, do not impact in any way on the amount of funding that schools receive overall through the funding formula. Instead, it is the amount notionally recognised towards SEN within the allocated budgets is used by schools as a guide to the level of funding notionally attributed within the overall budget share towards the additional support of SEN pupils.

To support this review, the LA is carrying out a survey with mainstream schools and academies, to engage and seek evidence of the levels of SEN support currently provided within schools and how this compares to the notional SEN calculation. The feedback will help to inform the size of the Notional SEN budget for 2023-24.

Schools' views on the methodology for calculating the Notional SEN values for each school, including the National Funding Formula factors used, will also be welcome.

A paper providing background information, and a link to the survey will be available from 25 November 2022 on the Fair funding consultation page - Norfolk Schools and Learning Providers website.

The survey will be open from 25 November to 16 December 2022.