Mainstream schools to receive extra funding to support Send children

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the
government faced a ‘question of priorities’
(Jeff Overs/BBC/PA) (PA Media)

More funding will be given to mainstream schools to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) as part of a £4bn package to make the system more inclusive, the government has announced.

Targeted interventions such as small-group language work will be invested in, as well as help for staff to introduce adaptive teaching styles, as part of a major overhaul to be announced by the Department for Education (DfE) on Monday.

Some £1.6bn over three years will be provided to early years, schools and colleges through an “inclusive mainstream fund”.

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By Millie Cooke and Athena Stavrou