§ 46. Mr. Nicholas Bakerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will bring forward proposals to support educational projects similar to the Cranborne Chase project for rural primary schools throughout England.
§ Mr. DunnFourteen LEAs in England are currently in receipt of educational support grant for pilot projects to improve the quality or range of the curriculum in primary schools in rural areas. The Cranborne Chase project is one of two being supported in Dorset. Regular evaluation is a feature of all the projects, the objective being to assist LEAs to experiment in ways capable of replication in other rural areas of the country.