The Department of Education’s Innovation Programme cash is being made available as part of a children's services overhaul which includes new ‘Devolution Deals’.
The department describes the scheme as a bid to ‘revolutionise support for the most vulnerable children and families across the country’, along with ‘brand-new freedoms for town halls’.
The announcement comes months after Prime Minister David Cameron’s key note speech on life chances, in which he described the proposals as the ‘landmark reforms of the next five years’.
Education secretary Nicky Morgan said, ‘Where there is failure, we can no longer sit by and watch.
‘We know children flourish when they are supported by leaders who have been given the freedom to translate their expertise, passion and drive into providing life-changing support.
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