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TARGETED CAPITAL FUND – STANDARDS AND DIVERSITY FUND
The DCSF has now issued the Guidance to accompany its recent announcement of £327 million of Targeted Capital funding between 2008/9 and 2010/11 under the Standards and Diversity heading.
NATIONAL CHALLENGE
In June 2008 the DCSF published the document “National Challenge: A toolkit for schools and local authorities” and this set out its National Challenge initiative.
TARGETED CAPITAL FUND
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has announced that there will be a TCF – Standards and Diversity fund totalling £327 million pounds available over the next three years (£63 million in 2008 – 09, £114 million in 2009 – 10 and £150 million in 2010 – 11). Its purpose is described as “To raise standards by supporting choice and diversity of provision”
PRIMARY CAPITAL PROGRAMME
As you will be aware, the Primary Capital Programme is the Government’s vehicle for creating primary schools, which are equipped for 21st Century learning at the heart of the community and which are able to support national and local policy aims.