As Cabinet Member for Education and Skills I agree to:
• APPROVE a 1% inflationary uplift to SEN payments rates funded from the High Needs Block including payments made to mainstream schools (top up funding and SRPs), early years providers (SEN Inclusion Fund), Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), alternative provision, special schools and Post 16 providers (FE colleges and specialist post 16 institutions) from 1 April 2026.
• DELEGATE authority to the Corporate Director of Children, Young People and Education, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education, to make any necessary changes to the SEN rates once final affordability is known and the outcome of future funding announcements, to implement the decision