SCHOOLS are hopping, skipping and jumping for joy after landing a lottery windfall.
As part of the Olympics legacy funding, 150 Kirklees schools will share £1.3m to run sports and physical activities for pupils.
It’s designed to keep the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games going and inspire pupils to get sporty.
The amount each school gets is based on the number of pupils, and among the biggest winners are Crosland Moor Primary School (£10,130), Lindley Junior School (£10,440), Moorlands Primary School (£10,725) and Mount Pleasant Junior, Infant and Nursery School (£10,070).
Other Huddersfield schools will get funds of more than £8,000.
Clr Phil Scott said schools in his Almondbury ward were getting more than £44,000 over the next two years.
He said: “The 2012 Olympic Games were a fantastic event and achievement for the country.
“For young people it provoked a great sense of excitement and interest in physical activity and sports and what they could achieve which we have a real responsibility to build on.
“Throughout the games the word “legacy” was mentioned time and again and I am really glad the coalition Government is giving local schools the funding they need to make this ambition a reality.”
The schools will receive the money over the 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years and the cash will allow them to pay for an additional two days a week of a primary teacher’s time to provide more sport for their pupils.
Nationally schools will get £150m to improve access to sport.
The cash will be ‘ring-fenced’ for sport but it will be up to individual head teachers how it is spent.
