Personal budgets
About personal budgets
We provide funds to early years providers and schools so they can provide the resources required to meet your child’s needs. In most cases, this will be enough to allow for the provision of education, health and care (EHC) plans to be delivered.
If your child has an EHC plan, you may want to consider asking for a personal budget as it can help give you more freedom over what the money is spent on and who spends it. A personal budget can only be spent on items set out in your child’s EHC plan.
In most cases, a personal budget will not be used to deliver onsite support within educational settings, as this has already been funded. To use a personal budget for this, you should discuss this with both the headteacher and your local named SEND Officer.