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

• Updated: 26 March 2024

£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

• Updated: 6 December 2022

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

• Updated: 10 June 2022

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

• Updated: 12 October 2021

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.

• Updated: 20 October 2010

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