§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the schools in Newcastle upon Tyne that benefited from a special DfES grant in January 2002 for extra(a) classroom assistants and (b) headteacher support. [78765]
§ Mr. MilibandOn 4 January 2002 my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Education and Skills announced the Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder Project—which is working with 32 schools to explore new ways of working to free teachers to teach and raise standards in the classroom. The project includes funding for additional support staff and training for headteachers.
No school from Newcastle upon Tyne is participating in the project, although Forest Hall Primary School in neighbouring North Tyneside is one of the pathfinder schools.
The project runs until July 2003 and the lessons learnt will be shared nationally.