Attainment cash boost for schools welcomed

Primary and secondary schools across North Lanarkshire will receive nearly £ 7.5m from the Scottish Attainment Challenge fund in 2018/19 to help boost the attainment levels of the most deprived pupils.

Nine local authorities in Scotland and an additional 74 individual schools will share £ 50 million funding from the Scottish Attainment Challenge fund for initiatives targeted at children living in communities affected by high levels of deprivation.

This brings the total Attainment Scotland Fund investment to £170 million this year – helping raise attainment in schools across the country.

MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Clare Adamson, said: “The latest Scottish Government investment of over £ 7 million in North Lanarkshire’s schools will help us significantly drive up standards in education and raise attainment in our schools.

“We want to ensure that every child in Scotland has the best possible start in life, no matter their background, and this investment will help us narrow the povertyrelated attainment gap across North Lanarkshire.

“We now have hundreds more teachers in classrooms the length and breadth of Scotland as a direct result of the Attainment Scotland Fund - and the SNP Government’s £170 million investment this year will help us raise the bar higher still.”