From birth to 19, the Plan builds on the moves towards joint working ushered in by the Children's Act and Every Child Matters. But as the dust begins to settle, we can see that the Plan demonstrates a fundamental shift in thinking on schools from the Blair era. It ups the ante on schools to embrace the Every Child Matters agenda as they haven't before, outlining a "new role for schools at the centre of communities and more effective links between schools, the NHS and other children's services so that together they can engage parents". A series of school level indicators for the five outcomes will be issued in the coming months. So they now have a duty to co-operate.
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