What support is available to schools that have a high percentage of pupils with additional learning needs?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
| Answered on 20/06/2024
Funding for additional learning needs (ALN) is mainly provided to local authorities through the un-hypothecated Revenue Support Grant (RSG). Once the RSG is distributed, individual authorities are responsible for setting budgets for their schools and the local provision they support.
Additional funding of £22 million to support local authorities and schools with ALN reform is included as part of the Education Reform element of the 2024-25 Local Authority Education Grant (LAEG). Additional capital funding of £20 million has also been allocated to local authorities in 2024-25 to improve facilities for ALN.