CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced an extra £114,000 funding for every secondary school in the country and £39,000 for primaries in his Budget.
Heads will decide how to spend the money. So what is involved in pulling the purse-strings in a typical East Lancashire school?
Brian Peacock is headteacher at Shadsworth Junior School in Blackburn and manages his own budget which runs to £500,000.
He receives more than £1,500 for every pupil compared with £2,300 for nursery children, and an extra £350 for each special needs youngster.
His biggest item of expenditure is paying his teachers' wages -- the bill here runs to £315,000.
And even swimming lessons for 250 pupils have to be paid for at a cost of £2,700.
Overall, Chancellor Brown announced a £270million package for education and skills nationwide.
Education Secretary Estelle Morris said: "Investment matched by reform in education continues, with the Budget channelling extra resources into our key priorities -- better disciplined schools and more modern classrooms."
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