£500,000 funding boost for special school to admit 17 more pupils

£500,000 funding boost for special school to admit 17 more pupils

Powys Council will invest £500,000 in Ysgol Penmaes, Brecon, helping 17 vulnerable ALN learners as councillors question the budget decision on…

Councillors question extra £500,000 funding for special school

Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter An extra £500,000 will be pumped into a county’s special school to fund teaching children who have Additional Learning Needs (ALN) there. But councillors have questioned why this money for Ysgol Penmaes in Brecon was not included in Powys County Council’s budget for 2026/2027 when it was set last February. […]

£500,000 extra funding for Brecon special school

The council says the funding will allow 17 pupils who have been on waiting lists to receive the education they are entitled to