SEN 120-place special school cost

A larger 120-place SEN special school with two key-stage hubs, hydrotherapy pool, life-skills suite and substantial outdoor provision.

Worked example

GIFA = 120 × 19 m² = 2,280 m². Works rate = £3,180/m². Sub-total works = £7,250,400. +10% Net Zero, +12% FF&E, +10% fees, +5% abnormals → all-in around £9,950,000. £/m² all-in around £4,365. £/place around £82,900 , figures slightly below 60-place once the per-place share of life-skills and hydrotherapy is allocated.

FF&E specification driving the uplift

Above mainstream you are funding tracked hoists in every classroom, hygiene and changing equipment, sensory rooms, AAC and switched IT, hydrotherapy pool plant, life-skills kitchens and laundry , all of which sit in the FF&E line. LGA Bench. 2024 places SEN FF&E at 10-14% of works[LGA].

Funding routes

Delivered through DfE Special Free Schools[Free Schools], basic-need with high-needs top-up, or absorbed into the SRP[SRP].

Compare with SEN 60-place.