Highland Council agrees overhaul to additional support needs funding
Highland Council’s education committee has agreed to make “huge changes” to how it funds schools to deliver additional support for learning.
Source: inverness-courier.co.uk
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Highland Council’s education committee has agreed to make “huge changes” to how it funds schools to deliver additional support for learning.
The move will bring Highland Council in line with national policy, which aims to keep ASL pupils in mainstream schools.
Highland Council has agreed to change how it funds ASL in schools, moving towards an algorithm it says will simplify the system.
In the Highlands, 43 percent of pupils need some form of additional support for learning.
In the Highlands, 43 percent of pupils need some form of additional support for learning.