In brief...Headteachers in England

Nursery World, 13 December 2001

Headteachers in England will see an average rise in funding of £130 in real terms per pupil for the year 2002-03, education and skills secretary Estelle Morris said last week. The cash comes from three sources - £1.3bn extra in Education Standard Spending Assessments; a £200m increase in the Standards Fund to £2.4bn to support literacy and numeracy in primary and secondary schools, reduce class sizes and tackle truancy; and an increase of 2.75 per cent in direct grants for schools to use as they wish. Ms Morris said, 'With more money sent direct to schools, plus new powers to...

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