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More than £120 million has been allocated by the Government to fund 2,000 new places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in London for 2025/26. Newham Council is to receive the most by some way, at just over £8.1m, while West London’s Kensington and Chelsea Council has been earmarked the least, at £605,401.
A spokesperson for Kensington and Chelsea said the authority welcomes the availability of the funds, which enable it to create more specialist places. The funding, which is distributed based on the population size of the london-outpaces-all-uk-cities-in-rapid-aging-surprising-new-study-reveals/” title=”London Outpaces All UK Cities in Rapid Aging: Surprising New Study Reveals!”local authority and their pupil to capacity ratio, is part of a wider national allocation of £740m. The Department for Education says this will pay for 10,000 new places for children with SEND.
According to the Government’s explanatory note: “The funding can be used to adapt classrooms to be more accessible for children with SEND, to create specialist facilities within mainstream schools that can deliver more intensive support adapted to suit the pupils’ needs, and to create special school places for pupils with the most complex needs.”
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Publish date : 2025-04-01 11:02:00
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