The money is part of the £6.7bn capital settlement for education for the next financial year that was unveiled in the Autumn Budget earlier this term.
The Department for Education (DfE) made the announcement on Wednesday (December 4) and said that the funding would help schools to deliver “more intensive support adapted to suit pupils’ needs”.
The DfE has also said that it will no longer enter into any so-called “safety valve” agreements with councils in financial deficit due to overspending on SEND. The DfE has supported more than 30 local authorities to manage their high needs budgets through the Safety Valve programme but says it “has not been effective enough across the board given the scale of the challenge”.
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