§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools benefit from Pathfinder projects in the current financial year, broken down by local education authority; and what the total funding made available in the current financial year under the programme is in each education authority area. [141463]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe following table shows the number of schools involved in Pathfinder projects, and the total amount of funding available for such projects, in each local education authority in England in 2003–04. A school may be involved in more than one Pathfinder project and it will be counted once for each project. The Pathfinder projects are
Key Stage 2 Language Pathfinders launched in September 2003 to find out how primary language learning might best be delivered.288WDiversity Pathfinders, which aim to raise standards through developing a strategic and coherent approach to the expansion of school diversity in secondary schools, particularly in relation to specialist school expansion and inter-school collaboration. The extent to which primary and special schools benefit through collaborative partnerships with secondary schools as a result of Diversity Pathfinders depends on the focus of each Pathfinder project.Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinders to pilot new ways of working to relieve teacher workload and raise standards. The learning from these schools and good practice will be shared with other schools across the country. The National Remodelling Team has been established to develop a network of support for all schools building on the learning from the Pathfinder.Enterprise Pathfinders, which are exploring the most innovative and effective ways to deliver Enterprise Education in preparation for the new enterprise entitlement from September 2005.14–19 Pathfinders designed to test local delivery of 14–19 education and training in a range of settings building on the increasingly distinctive specialisms of local schools, colleges and training providers. There are 39 such Pathfinders based around the country. Details of the number of institutions benefiting from these projects are not held centrally.