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Time Limited Mainstream Inclusion Grant

Overview

Southampton City Council had allocated funding in the High Needs block to support the implementation of the SEND Mainstream Funding Cluster Model proposal.

Due to the changed timeframe of the SEND Mainstream Funding Cluster Model proposal to include further co-production on the proposal in the Autumn Term of the 2024-2025 Academic Year and a trial of the process without funding in the Spring Term of the 2024-2025 academic year, a percentage of that allocated funding remained available.

We wanted to ensure that this allocated funding is used to support children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in our mainstream school communities.

As a result, we introduced the Time Limited Mainstream Inclusion Grant for mainstream school settings to access this allocated funding to support the development of a project based around Inclusive and SEND education to support students with SEND within the timeframe that the funding is allocated to.

This was a one-time process for mainstream settings to access which has formed as a result of the changes in the proposed time frame of the SEND Mainstream Funding Cluster Model proposal.

Funding

To reflect the varying school sizes across the city, we distributed the funding in the form of a grant that matches the size of a school. Settings were able to access a grant allocation that matched the population size of their school. This was as followed:

  • Small sized school (0-350 pupils) – £2,500
  • Mid-sized school (351-800 pupils) – £3,500
  • Large sized school (801+ pupils) – £5,000

Settings could access either individual allocations or group allocations

Panel Review

All allocations were reviewed by a panel to ensure that proposed projects met the guidance for spend for the High Needs Funding Block.

The panel consisted of members of staff from:

  • School representatives, including those in Headteacher and SENCo role
  • Southampton City Council SEND and Education Team
  • Parent/Carer Forum

The Panel will also conduct a review of the impact of the projects that have been funded from the grants after a period of two terms.

View the report.