The first target for extended schools is rapidly approaching. By the end of September the DfES aims to have 2,500 schools providing access to a core of extended services - high-quality childcare, a varied menu of activities, parenting support, and swift and easy referral to a range of specialist support services.
All schools should provide access to extended services by 2010. But, with official figures showing that currently 1,800 schools (74 per cent primary, 22 per cent secondary and 4 per cent special schools) are providing the full core offer, this could be a tall order.
It is a challenge that Anne Longfield, 4Children chief executive, believes is achievable. 'There is a lot of information still to come in from some areas, and there are whole areas that have not been added to the figures,'
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