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  • Government delivering on 60,000 more special needs places

    Councils are to receive a record £850 million cash boost to ensure children across the country receive an education that meets their needs.

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Investment to shield schools from high energy bills and boost to budgets

    £500m for energy efficiency upgrades in schools and colleges, and extra £2bn for schools next year to be split between mainstream schools and high needs

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    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Thousands more school and sixth form places to be created

    Up to 75 new free schools including sixth forms, specialist and alternative provision settings will offer tailored support, levelling up opportunities for all.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Case studies on post-16 transition

    Best practice examples of transition support for year 11 students in alternative provision (AP).

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  • Specialist schools programme: Michael Gove announces changes

    Michael Gove writes to Elizabeth Reid to announce the department's intention to mainstream specialist school funding and remove the need for schools to designate or redesignate as specialist.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government