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Medr/2025/20: Additional funding for Preparation for the Implementation of the Additional Learning Needs Act and Code 2025-26
30 Sep 2025
The Welsh Government has allocated additional funding of £700,000 to Medr in financial year (FY) 2025-26 to support institutions in implementing their duties under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018. This additional funding will be paid in full in one instalment in October 2025. Activity can be undertaken throughout the academic year, however, Medr expects institutions to commit the expenditure within the 2025-26 financial year.
Additional funding amounts, timings and purposes
The funding should help build capacity and deliver actions that will promote effective approaches to meeting the needs of young people who have ALN and contribute to delivering a fully inclusive education system, where all learners are supported to reach their potential.
Preparation for the implementation of the ALN Act and Code funding is intended to augment other funding allocated and does not replace an institutions main source of funding, nor should it be a determinant of a learners admission.
Institutions must adhere to the Preparation for the Implementation of the ALN Act and Code Guidance on the Medr website.
The funding is calculated based on the institutions share of the Additional Learning Support funding and is underpinned with an initial allocation of £40,000 per institution.
| Total allocation FY 2024/25 £ | Total allocation AY 2025/26 £ | Difference from AY 2024/25 allocation | Percentage difference % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Learning Wales | 43,415.00 | 43,418.00 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Bridgend College | 49,363.00 | 49,181.00 | (182) | -0.37% |
| Cardiff and Vale College | 62,176.00 | 62,443.00 | 267 | 0.43% |
| Coleg Cambria | 62,095.00 | 62,029.00 | (66) | -0.11% |
| Coleg Gwent | 66,150.00 | 65,709.00 | (441) | -0.67% |
| Coleg Sir Gâr | 51,830.00 | 51,793.00 | (37) | -0.07% |
| Coleg y Cymoedd | 57,935.00 | 59,210.00 | 1,275 | 2.20% |
| Gower College Swansea | 55,950.00 | 55,665.00 | (285) | -0.51% |
| Grŵp Llandrillo Menai | 59,849.00 | 59,818.00 | (31) | -0.05% |
| Grŵp NPTC Group | 54,006.00 | 53,619.00 | (387) | -0.72% |
| Pembrokeshire College | 47,162.00 | 47,098.00 | (64) | -0.14% |
| St David’s Catholic Sixth Form College | 44,187.00 | 44,178.00 | (9) | -0.02% |
| The College Merthyr Tydfil | 45,882.00 | 45,839.00 | (43) | -0.09% |
| 700,000.00 | 700,000.00 |
Activity can be undertaken throughout the academic year, however, Medr expects institutions to commit the expenditure within the 2025-26 financial year.
Medr/2025/20: Additional funding for Preparation for the Implementation of the Additional Learning Needs Act and Code 2025-26
Date: 30 September 2025
Reference: Medr/2025/20
To: Principals of further education institutions
Respond by: No response required
Summary: This publication sets out the arrangements and timing for additional funding of £700,000 to be provided from Medr to further education (FE) institutions to extend the preparation for the implementation of the Additional Learning Needs Act and code funding for an additional year to embed activities undertaken in previous years. Institutions will be able to undertake activity between April 2025-July 2026.
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