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Funding: Extended schools get £1bn
By Laura Marcus,
Nursery World,
2 August 2007
More than £2 billion has been pledged by the Government over the next three years for extended schools, children's centres and the new ten-year youth strategy.
The money comes from an early settlement agreement of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) for the Department of Children, Schools and Families. The amount of CSR funding for the children's centres agenda was also due to be announced as Nursery World went to press. Children's secretary Ed Balls said £1.1 billion would be invested in the extended schools programme, on top of the £265 million already set aside. He said the Government wanted to increase the accessibility of family learning,...
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