The Government's radical proposal to transform schools into community centres providing an holistic package of care, support and learning for children and their families has been heralded as the way forward for education in the 21st century.
But early years specialists who have campaigned so hard to champion the importance of distinctive education and care tailored to the needs of the very young are seeking assurances that the delivery of high quality childcare will not be compromised.
The radical plan for schools to provide dawn-to-dusk childcare along with initiatives such as health services and adult learning is a major plank of the education White Paper, Schools: Achieving Success, published earlier this month. Ministers are consulting on their intention to change the law to allow school governors to provide these new services. They are also committed to establishing trials to test out these extended schools and generate good practice.
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