To implement the revisions to SEND support funding for mainstream schools from September 2022 by enabling the removal of the additional SEND top up funding and increasing the individual banded rates, as detailed in option 3. (These options are outlined further in the Mainstream School Funding for SEND report in paragraph 5.8)
In response to the consultation, to agree that £1.63m of transitional funding be paid from the High Needs Block for a one-year period only to those schools that
would see a reduction in their funding level under the new arrangements. The transitional period would be from September 22 and August 23 and the payments will be 50% of the funding reduction. This arrangement takes into consideration academic year employment cycles and allows optimum planning time for schools’ budgets.
To note that the £1.63m transitional payment will add to the Council’s High Needs Block cumulative deficit.