ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the funding relationship for non-statemented special educational needs and pupils with statements in an attempt to develop a coherent approach to resourcing throughout the continuum of special educational needs (SEN). It focuses on the historic association between special educational needs with provision and funding by consideration of literature search and reference to pertinent government circulars of guidance. The chapter also examines the relationship between special needs and resources as illustrated by two important circulars of their time that is Circular 4/73, and Circular 11/90. It discusses four resourcing areas relating to pupil teacher ratios and class size. First, Circular 4/73 which provided guidance for Local Education Authorities on staffing in special schools based on pupil-teacher ratios; second, the concept of curriculum based staffing, which emerged because of concerns about the teacher-pupil ratio; third, activity led staffing which was developed from the curriculum led approach and fourth, a brief literature review on class size will be provided.
