A survey commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills foundthat 16 per cent of primary schools currently provide the full childcareoffer, compared to just two per cent in 2005. The report found that ifall of the schools that intend to offer childcare within the next twoyears do so, the Government's target of half of primary schoolsproviding the full childcare offer by 2008 will be "easily met".
But the survey also revealed that some schools are struggling to provideextended services.
Almost a third (32 per cent) did not plan to provide childcare serviceswithin the next two years and head teachers' concerns about the abilityand need to provide childcare remain unresolved.
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