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Mr. Todd
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps he is taking to relieve the burdens on heads of small schools who teach full-time. [79078]
Mr. Charles Clarke
The funding arrangements for schools enable Local Education Authorities to take account of the particular needs of small schools. That will continue under the new funding arrangements.In addition, in the Green Paper
teachers: meeting the challenge of change we proposed the establishment of a Small School Support Fund to help encourage small schools to invest in shared resources and working together. This recognises that sharing services can relieve hard-pressed heads of small schools.