Pupil fund used to add new teachers

New funding is allowing innovative work to raise attainment in Scotland’s schools, the First Minister has said.

Nicola Sturgeon met pupils and staff working with support from the £120 million Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) at Levenvale Primary School in Alexandria yesterday.

The school has used its share of the fund to recruit an extra teacher to work on literacy and create a child and parent book club. Allocations are based on the number of pupils from primary one to three who are registered for free school meals. “Communist spies”. A spokesman for the Labour leader said he had instructed solicitors to tell Mansfield MP Ben Bradley to take down the “libellous” tweet or face legal action.

The warning follows an exchange on Twitter between Mr Bradley and the Far Right Watch website.

A posting from Mr Bradley’s account claimed Mr Corbyn sold British secrets to Communist spies.