Paul Ennals, chief executive of the National Children's Bureau, saidservices for disabled children were still a huge concern. "That's onebig area of failing across the early years sector, including withinchildren's centres," he told a Daycare Trust conference last week.
Children's centres are at the heart of government reforms of servicesfor children and families. They are supposed to reach all families andoffer special support to disadvantaged families, including those withdisabled children.
Ennals warned against cutting corners in the rush to meet governmenttargets. He said services that served 85 per cent of children well werestill failing if the rest were left behind.
He also said that many schools did not yet appreciate the full impact ofhaving a children's centre on site and warned it could mean completelyrethinking how that school was managed.
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