Last year the funding regime collapsed after a move from national to local level funding descended into what the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) described as an "administrative nightmare".
The local-level system resulted in money being diverted to other council services and confusion about whether trainees' tuition fees would be paid. As a result fewer educational psychologists were able to start training.
Just before Christmas, England's local authorities reached a deal with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to return to a national approach to distribute the funding. Under this deal the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) would manage the funding nationally.
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