Nursery World - Literacy hour will stay, says education White Paper

Primary schools will be expected to continue with literacy and numeracy hours, in plans outlined in the Government's education White Paper.

The contract with National Strategies, which oversees the numeracy and literacy strategies will end in 2011, and funding will be transferred to schools who will be expected to use it with school improvement plans to invest in improving literacy and numeracy.

Schools should continue the best practice established over the last 12 years, 'for instance the daily literacy hour and mathematics lesson in primary schools - and ensure professional development for their staff to continue to improve. The accountability system will continue to focus sharply on literacy and numeracy.'

'Early years achievement' would remain a priority in moving to a new model of school improvement with alignment between the approach in schools and early years settings.

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