The government has committed funding to help councils create new school places and improve existing facilities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in consultation with parents and providers.
For Lambeth, £2 million funding has been allocated for over a three year period from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Local Authority number - 208
Local Authority name - Lambeth
2018-19 - £393,909
2019-20 - £393,909
2020-21 - £393,909
Local Authority original allocation - £1,181,726
£50 million top up announced May 2018 - £274,820
£100 million top up announced December 2018 - £549,640
New total allocation - £2,006,187
We have put together a short plan that sets out how we intend to invest our allocation, which can be downloaded below.
Our plan for the Department for Education (DfE) Capital Grant that we consulted on previously, and the result of the consultation, can be found within the special provision short grant plan.
The DfE has asked us to publish this template on our Local Offer. It sets out how we are using the the DfE's Capital Grant, as well as additional investment by the council, to improve our specialist provision.