The names of dozens of schools, academy trusts and local authorities that will split a £25 million handout from the government for school improvement have been revealed by the Department for Education. The department has published the names of 73 successful applicants for the second round of the strategic school improvement fund, two fewer than expected. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, announced on Friday that 75 projects would receive funding in this round, but just 73 were listed today. Last September, the first round of successful applicants were announced, with 56 projects splitting £20 million. According to Hinds, the projects are “largely school-led initiatives”, and many will offer support to help pupils “master the basics of reading and maths in primary school”. Strategic school improvement fund round 2 recipients Ark Schools The Appleton School The Aspire Educational Trust Asset Education Balcarras School Barnet Local Authority Benfield Primary School Bridgewater College Trust Bristol Metropolitan Academy Broadford Primary School CAM Academy Trust Carmel College Chepping View Primary Academy Cheshire East Local Authority Childhaven Community Nursery School Churchill Community College City of Bristol Local Authority The Compton School Copthorne Primary School Cotgrave Candleby Lane School Dane Court Grammar School Debenham High School East Sussex Local Authority Enfield Local Authority Evelyn Street Community Primary School Everton Nursery School and Family Centre Gloucestershire Local Authority Grasslot Infant School Hampshire Local Authority Heathfield Community School The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College John Taylor High School Kent Local Authority Kibworth Church of England Primary School Kirk Sandall Infant School Knowsley Local Authority Landau Forte College Marlbrook Primary School Mary Rose School Medway Local Authority Molescroft Primary School Notre Dame High School, Norwich Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School Our Lady of Pity Catholic Primary School Peter Pan Nursery School Prince Rock Primary School Rushey Mead Academy Samuel Ward Academy Shelley First School Silverdale School Sneinton St Stephen’s CofE Primary School South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College South Pennine Academies Sponne School St Edmund’s Nursery School & Children’s Centre St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking St John’s Church of England First School, Wimborne St Mary’s CofE Primary School St Patrick’s RC High School and Arts College St Thomas of Canterbury School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Staniland Academy Steyning Grammar School Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority Suffolk Local Authority Teeside Learning Trust Tenax Schools Trust Tinsley Meadows Primary School Twynham School Uplands Primary School Wath Church of England Primary School West Berkshire Local Authority West Lakes Academy Westcliff High School for Girls