Primary schools, and further and higher education colleges all have reason to be pleased with yesterday's announcement. Primary schools are getting a bigger share of the direct grant money this time. Peter Lampl, whose Sutton Trust set the framework for the elitism debate by crunching a damning set of statistics on higher education, was last night appointed adviser to the higher education funding council. Higher education funding for 2002-4 is to be announced at a later date. John Dunford, general secretary of the Secondary Heads Association, welcomed the increase but added that additional performance targets were not necessary.
Education is a real winner today.