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| Ministers to scrap schools scheme | Ministers to scrap schools scheme |
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| One of the flagship education policies of the last Scottish Government is set to be scrapped, it has emerged. | One of the flagship education policies of the last Scottish Government is set to be scrapped, it has emerged. |
| Funding for the three-year schools of ambition programme, which aims to turn around the performance of targeted schools, is coming to an end. | Funding for the three-year schools of ambition programme, which aims to turn around the performance of targeted schools, is coming to an end. |
| The current Holyrood administration said the 52 schools currently in the scheme would still be funded. | The current Holyrood administration said the 52 schools currently in the scheme would still be funded. |
| The schools receive £100,000 a year from the public purse and are expected to seek funds from private sources. | The schools receive £100,000 a year from the public purse and are expected to seek funds from private sources. |
| The scheme was perceived by some as a watered-down version of England's city academies. | The scheme was perceived by some as a watered-down version of England's city academies. |
| The Scottish Secondary Teachers Association said it was flawed because cash was only available to selected schools. | The Scottish Secondary Teachers Association said it was flawed because cash was only available to selected schools. |
| 'Spread excellence' | 'Spread excellence' |
| The Scots philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter was one of the scheme's first backers when it was launched three years ago. | The Scots philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter was one of the scheme's first backers when it was launched three years ago. |
| Ewan Hunter, chief executive of the Hunter Foundation, which put in £600,000 to fund six schools, said scrapping the programme was short-sighted. | Ewan Hunter, chief executive of the Hunter Foundation, which put in £600,000 to fund six schools, said scrapping the programme was short-sighted. |
| He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The evidence shows that it was very effective in certain cases and our point is that if you find that exceptional evidence, spread it across the whole system instead of closing the whole thing down." | He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The evidence shows that it was very effective in certain cases and our point is that if you find that exceptional evidence, spread it across the whole system instead of closing the whole thing down." |
| The programme, originally aimed at involving 20 schools, included those which inspectors had given a poor evaluation, as well as those which had begun to improve their performance or were already performing well. | |
| The Scottish Government said it had invested a record amount of cash into schools of ambition - £11.5m, compared to £10.6 from the previous administration. | The Scottish Government said it had invested a record amount of cash into schools of ambition - £11.5m, compared to £10.6 from the previous administration. |
| An official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond said: "The education secretary, Fiona Hyslop, is in full agreement with Ewan Hunter that we need to spread excellence across the whole school system, with lessons learned from the project put into practice across all schools so that all schools can be schools of ambition." | An official spokesman for First Minister Alex Salmond said: "The education secretary, Fiona Hyslop, is in full agreement with Ewan Hunter that we need to spread excellence across the whole school system, with lessons learned from the project put into practice across all schools so that all schools can be schools of ambition." |