That £40k sounds like one of those bullshit made up figures. The admin staff are suerly there for that kind of work and will be earning no where near that!! If no one is being excluded the admin staff still get paid anyway so that £40k figure would be banded about for some other cause that needs ‘admin’ staff. Once again a load of corporate bullshit.
Hope it gets sorted for the kid, it can’t be a nice situation.