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07/05/2003
Teachers benefit from government bounty
Staff in nearly 7,000 schools in England can expect to get a cash bonus today after helping pupils to achieve high or improved test results last year.
This year's School Achievement Awards are worth around £5,700 for a typical primary school and £25,700 for a secondary school. All staff qualify for the bonus - including caretakers, caterers and administrative staff as well as teachers.
They have been awarded to schools where pupil performance was substantially better than in 1999, where pupil performance in 2002 was better than most schools in similar circumstances and that have come out of special measures in the 2001/02 school year.
School Standards Minister David Miliband said: "There is much to celebrate about our schools - improving results, good teaching and committed staff.
"Success in schools depends on each and every member of staff working together to raise standards. It is right to reward the staff whose work helps pupils to learn and today's awards celebrate their achievements."
The school achievement awards scheme was announced in December 1998 this is the third round of funding.
All maintained schools, non-maintained special schools, city academies and city technology colleges in England are eligible for awards.
(GMcG)
This year's School Achievement Awards are worth around £5,700 for a typical primary school and £25,700 for a secondary school. All staff qualify for the bonus - including caretakers, caterers and administrative staff as well as teachers.
They have been awarded to schools where pupil performance was substantially better than in 1999, where pupil performance in 2002 was better than most schools in similar circumstances and that have come out of special measures in the 2001/02 school year.
School Standards Minister David Miliband said: "There is much to celebrate about our schools - improving results, good teaching and committed staff.
"Success in schools depends on each and every member of staff working together to raise standards. It is right to reward the staff whose work helps pupils to learn and today's awards celebrate their achievements."
The school achievement awards scheme was announced in December 1998 this is the third round of funding.
All maintained schools, non-maintained special schools, city academies and city technology colleges in England are eligible for awards.
(GMcG)
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