Inclusion fund

Payment

Applications for Inclusion Fund will be considered at least monthly during term time, usually on the last Thursday of the month (subject to term dates).

If an application is agreed, the setting will receive payment as soon as practicable following the panel.

• Payments will include all weeks for the half term in which the application is agreed.
• Funds can be agreed for a period of up to one-and-a-half to two terms (six months) at a time.
• Funding will be paid on a termly basis in line with the following: 14 weeks in the autumn term, 12 weeks in the spring term and 12 weeks in the summer term.
• Where children transfer to a new setting part way through or at the end of a term after Inclusion Fund has been agreed, any funding agreed for future terms will be paid to the new setting. Settings are required to inform the Specialist Teaching Service of any cases where this applies.

Payments will be made directly to settings via BACS (PVI providers) or Journal Transfer (maintained providers).

If, following an assessment, an education, health and care plan (EHCP) is issued, the funding associated with the EHCP will supersede Inclusion Funding and reviews should be held in line with the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice.