One year on and the scale and speed of ambition is now clear. For school-age children, services will focus around the extended school which the Government expects to be the norm in half of all primary schools and a third of all secondary schools in just three years, and in all schools by 2010 (see news). Not all services will be in schools, but schools will be a hub within the community, providing one route in for parents and children, and support and co-ordination for all services in the area.
The DfES extended schools prospectus shows how this will work in practice.
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