Headteachers are to receive more than half a billion pounds of funding over the next four years to help close the attainment gap in Scotland.
School staff will be offered increased mental health support and new career development measures as part of a £1.5 million funding package to help manage additional pressures as a direct result of the Covid pandemic.
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