Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information from Wokingham Council:

Adult Mental Health Residential Placements
1. The total number of adults with diagnosed mental health conditions currently placed by your council in residential or specialist care homes (both in and outside the local authority area).
13 placements funded from Mental Health budget 03/09/2025

2. The number of new adult mental health residential placements made in the last 12 months.
5 new placements funded from Mental Health budget Sep 24 - Aug 25

3. Any reported capacity issues or unmet demand for adult mental health residential placements.
None

4. The number of residential care providers your council currently works with for adult mental health placements.
As of the 28th August 2025 - 10

5. Any available needs assessments, market position statements, or future demand forecasts for mental health residential care over the next 12–24 months.
This information is published within our Market Sustainability Plan and Market Position Statement:
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/care-and-support-adults/paying-care-and-support/2022-cost-care-exercise
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/sites/wokingham/files/2023-06/ASC%20MPS%202022%20-%2025%20November%202022.pdf

Demand for SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Placements
6. The number of children currently placed in special schools or units for moderate to severe learning disabilities (including autism, ADHD, etc.) by your council.
410

7. The number of new SEND school placements made in the past 12 months.
267

8. Any unmet demand or waiting list figures for SEND school placements or specialist learning units in your area.
The Council does not hold live waiting lists. Our projected demand is set out in the Send Sufficiency Statement. See link below in response to Q9.

9. Whether the council forecasts a rise in demand for SEND school places over the next 12–24 months.
The Council’s forecasts for demand for SEND school places are contained within its ‘SEND Sufficiency Statement’, accessible at:
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/sites/wokingham/files/2025-06/June%202025%20Special%20Education%20Needs%20and%20Disabilities%20Sufficiency%20Statement.pdf

Provider Information and Registration:
10. A list of the residential care providers your council currently works with for adult mental health placements.
Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Limited
Waythrough
Mr Ian Robert Tappin
Optalis Limited
Partnerships in Care 1 Limited
Potensial Limited
Psycare Ltd
Vivre Care Ltd

11. A list of the providers your council currently works with for children with SEND, particularly those placed in special schools or units for moderate to severe learning disabilities (including autism, ADHD, etc.).
Please note this is a list of where children are currently placed as of September 2025.
PLACEMENT NAME
Activate Learning
Addington School
Alder Grove CofE Primary School
Aldryngton Primary School
Alfred Sutton Primary School
Alfriston School
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Alternative Education
Ambitious College
Arbour Vale School
Banana Moon Day Nursery - Stoke Poges
Bearwood Primary School
Beech Lodge School
Beechwood College
Beechwood Primary School
Berkshire College of Agriculture
Bishopswood School
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Blooming Tree Pre-Preparatory School
Blossom House School
Bohunt School Wokingham
Bracknell and Wokingham College
Brakenhale Secondary School (The)
Brookfields Special School
Brookside Pre-school
Buckinghamshire College Group
Carwarden House School
Chalkhouse Nursery
Charles Kingsley Primary School
Charters Secondary School
Cherwell College Oxford
Chiltern Training Ltd
Chiltern Way Academy Wokingham
Chilworth House School
Chilworth House Upper School
Christ the King RC Aided Primary School - Reading
Compass Community School Hampshire
Cotswold Chine School
Crazies Hill CofE Primary School
Crosfields School
Crowthorne CE Controlled Primary School
Cumberland School
Dingley Family and Specialist EY Centre -Wokingham
Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School
Edgbarrow School
Elysian, Shamley Green
Emmbrook Infant School
Emmbrook Junior School
Enemy of Boredom
Englefield CE Primary School
Eton Dorney School
Evendons Primary School
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
Falkland House School
Farley Hill Primary School
Farnborough College of Technology
Fernways School
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School
Finches Pre-School
Floreat Montague Park Primary School
Forest Bridge
Foundry College
Fox Hill Primary School
Furze Platt Comprehensive School
Garth Hill College
Gorse Ride Infants' School
Gorse Ride Junior School
Grazeley Parochial Church of England Aided Primary
Green Corridor
Greenwood Pre-School
Groveside School
Guildford College of Further and Higher Education
Hamilton School
Happy Trails Play
Hartland High School
Hatch Ride Primary School
Haywards Farm School
Heathermount School
Henry Tyndale School
Heritage Skills Academy
High Close School
Highwood Primary School
Hillingdon Manor School
Holme Grange School
Hopwood Hall College
Hurst Lodge School
Inclusion Hampshire
Jennett's Park CofE Primary School
Just Around The Corner (Haddon Trainng)
Keep Hatch Primary School
Kendrick Girls' Grammar School
Kennel Lane Special School
King's Academy Binfield
King's Academy Easthampstead Park
King's Academy Prospect
Lambs Lane Primary School
Leighton Park School
Little Ducklings Day Nursery
Littledown Special School
Luckley House School
LVS Oxford
Maiden Erlegh School
Maiden Erlegh Trust
Manor Green Special School
Mary Hare School
Merrist Wood College
More House School
Napier School
New Barn School
New Christ Church CofE VA Primary School
New College Worcester (NMSS)
New Forest School
Newbury College of Further Education
Newbury Manor School
Nine Mile Ride Primary School
Nisai Virtual Academy Ltd
Oak Tree School
Oakbank
Oaklands Infant School
Oaklands Junior School
Odyssey House School
OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus
Oxford Road Primary School
Pield Heath House RC School
Plumpton College
Polehampton Church of England Junior School
Prevista Ltd
Queen Mary's College
Queensmead House
Radstock Primary School
Ranelagh Aided Secondary School
Reading Boys School
Reading College
Reading Football Club
Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading
Redlands Primary School
Redwood Early Years
Riseley Green School
River Academy
Rivermead Primary School
Robert Piggott CofE Infant School
Royal National College for the Blind
Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School
Sandhurst Secondary School
Seva Education
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School
Sonning CofE Primary School
South Lake Primary School
St Cecilia's Church of England Primary School
St Crispin's School
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School
St Elizabeth's School
St Mary's School (Wrestwood)
St Neot's Preparatory School
St Nicholas Church of England Primary, Hurst
St Paul's CofE Junior School
St Teresa's Catholic Academy
Syon Manor College
Tadley Court School
TCES National Online School
Thames Valley School
The Abbey School (Special School)
The Ambleside Centre
The Avenue Special School
The Beech House School
The Bulmershe School
The Children’s Trust School
The Colleton Primary School
The Coombes Church of England Primary School
The Davenport School
The Emmbrook School
The Forest School
The Grange School
The Green Room Kingsley
The Green Room Windsor
The Hawthorns Primary School
The Henley College
The Holt School
The Holy Brook School
The Loddon School
The Mile House Therapeutic School
The Palmer Primary Academy
The Piggott School
The Pines School
The Serendipity School
The Sixth Form College Farnborough
The Unicorn School
The Willink School
Treloar College
Treloar School
Unsted Park School
UTC - Reading
Waingels
Walter Infant School
Waltham St Lawrence Primary School
Waverley Preparatory School
Wellesley Prep School
Welly Boot Lodge Day Nursery
Wescott Infant School
Westende Junior School
Wheatfield Primary School
Whiteknights Primary School
Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School
Wildmoor Heath Primary School
Willow Bank Infant School
Willow Bank Junior School
Willow House School
Windmill Primary School
Winnersh Primary School
Woodley CofE Primary School
Yateley School

12. Information on the legal requirements, application processes, or registration procedures necessary for an organisation to become an approved provider with Wokingham Council for:
a) Adult mental health residential care services: Contracts for services of this nature are currently sourced via spot contracting arrangements managed by our commissioning team, who will seek appropriate placements on a case by case basis. Contractural pre-checks will be carried out prior to entering a contractural arrangement, including: Seeking valid references, credit check, review of appropriate insurance documentation, CQC/Ofsted rating (if required).
b) SEND care or education services for children and young people: Wokingham are part of the South West and South Central INMSS framework