The 2010 extended schools deadline is on the horizon. By next year, every school must provide full access to the core offer of extended services.
That means childcare, parenting support, swift and easy access to specialist services, clubs and activities and community access to facilities, including adult and family learning.
A tall order perhaps, but last week Hilary Emery, executive director of the Training and Development Agency for Schools, revealed that 89 per cent of schools are now fulfilling their extended services duties.
"Our target was to have 85 per cent of schools offering access to the core offer by September this year, so to have 89 per cent is really good," she says. That equates to 19,330 schools providing access to the full core offer, through a variety of partnerships with other schools, charities and private providers.
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