Gloucestershire's Special Provision Fund Allocation

In March 2017 the Department for Education announced that Local Authorities would receive capital funding to support them in creating new places and improve facilities at existing schools for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).  Gloucestershire County Council was awarded a total of £3.311million.  The funding was to develop provision for pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in mainstream and/or special schools.  The funding can only be used for capital expenditure. 

The funding was split between two High Needs Projects providing additional places for children and young people with and EHCP with the need underpinned by Gloucestershire’s High Needs Strategy, SEND Strategy Dev5">SEND Strategy 2022-2025 (PDF, 1.8 MB) and SEND Commissioning Strategy 2019-2024 (PDF, 399.9 KB) .

Further details on the schemes can be found via the following links

 Brook Academy: an SEMH special school for children and young people aged 11–16 yrs - Gloucestershire County Council

 Alderman Knight Community Special School - Gloucestershire County Council

For any further information please email universalcommissioning@gloucestershire.gov.uk

*REVIEWED SEPTEMBER 2023*