Hundreds of school support staff are to get government-funded degree-level training to help support children with SEN and/or disabilities.
A £500,000 scholarship programme will give up to £2,000 to each candidate to fund as much as 50 per cent of the cost of specialist courses and qualifications.
A competitive application process will open next week for support staff who hold A level or equivalent qualifications or those who have higher level teaching assistant status.
Children's minister Sarah Teather said the programme would fund staff to take “a wider range of degree-level equivalent qualifications and specialist diplomas in specific impairments such as in dyslexia or autism".
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