Projects run by ex-armed forces personnel aimed at improving attainment and engagement among the most disaffected students have been given £4.8 million in government funding.
A total of six projects are to receive Department for Education money after pilot projects involving some 8,000 pupils.
Ministers say the money will see more children “benefit from the military ethos” and it is to fund activities such as:
Military-style obstacle courses to engage and motivate hard-to-reach pupils.
Team-building exercises to encourage discipline, leadership, team-work and good behaviour.
One-to-one mentoring to address behavioural issues.
More than 300 primary and secondary schools and pupil referral units were involved in testing these approaches after grants were awarded to four organisations in August 2012. All four are to now receive further funding:
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