Clackmannanshire Council has employed an extra 14 specialist PEteachers.
Each is assigned to a maximum of two primary schools to ensure everyprimary child gets one-and-a-half hours of PE a week.
Marjorie Macfarlane, the council's sport development manager, said:"Anecdotal reports from head teachers are that pupils concentrate betterand the number of pupils attending out-of-school activities,competitions and sports festivals has shot up. It could be through thepupils running off steam or it may be that it is helping them to feelmore confident."
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Exclusion strategy comes under fire
A study has criticised the policy of exclusion and suggested disruptivepupils should instead be moved to neighbouring schools.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham examined the CoalfieldsAlternatives to Exclusion strategy, which gives pupils the chance tostart afresh in a new school rather than face permanent exclusion.
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