High Needs Stability Grant 2026 to 2027
Allocations and grant conditions for the High Needs Stability Grant for the 2026 to 2027 financial year.
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All local authorities with a Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficit are eligible to receive a High Needs Stability Grant in the 2026 to 2027 financial year. The grant will cover 90% of a local authority’s DSG deficit accrued up to the end of 2025 to 2026, subject to approval of a local special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reform plan and the conditions set out in the explanatory note.
Local authorities will need to meet the cost of any residual deficit from their own resources in the 2028 to 2029 financial year, including by setting aside appropriate reserves in earlier years.
Further information is set out in the explanatory note on the government’s approach DSG deficits.