High Needs Funding

From the Summer 2024 term onwards, there is a change to the arrangements for document sharing for Mainstream Schools and Specialist Units. Details of the new Perspective Lite system have been shared and all spreadsheets and evidence forms should be sent via this platform.

Special schools, FE settings and Out of County settings should continue to use the mailbox for all HNF documents – please email all spreadsheets and evidence forms to: [email protected]

Autumn Term 2024

Spreadsheets (Wednesday 23rd October)

Evidence Forms (Friday 8th November)

Spring Term 2025

Spreadsheets (Wednesday 12th February)

Evidence Forms (Friday 28th February)

Summer Term 2025

Spreadsheets (Wednesday 21st May)

Evidence Forms (Friday 6th June)

HNF Banding

HNF Banding Amounts

Banding Exemplars:

Band C

Band D

Band E

Band F

Band G

Band H

Banding Descriptors:

Band A

Band B

Band C

Band D

Band E

Band F

Band G

Band H

Overall Banding Map

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet Guidance

Evidence Form

Evidence Form Template (Word)

Evidence Form Template (Excel)

Evidence Form Primary Example (Word)

Evidence Form Primary Example (Excel)

Evidence Form Secondary Example (Word)

Evidence Form Guidance

Policies

SEND Funding Policies and Guidance

PEX Policy – Recoupment of Funding

Other

HNF FAQs

Provision Map Guidance

Finance & Business Manager Guidance

High Needs Working Group

High Needs Working Group 2018/19

High Needs Working Group 2019/20

High Needs Working Group 2020/21

High Needs Working Group 2021/22

High Needs Working Group 2022/23

High Needs Working Group 2023/24

High Needs Working Group minutes – 06/09/2024