Bill Jordon, head of Dyke House School in Hartlepool, said thatencouraging children to travel long distances to school was at odds withthe principle of extended schools. "It's taking young people out oftheir community to another community to be educated, when what we shouldbe concentrating on is the education within that community being qualityfor them," he commented.
"It flies in the face of extended schools activities a little bit, withchildren travelling from further afield. How do they come to breakfastclubs and how do they stay later in the evening without having a problemwith transport?" Chris Watts, head of North Prospect Community School inPlymouth, expressed similar concerns. "If children choose to travel sixmiles - or anything beyond walking distance - to school, they are goingto find it very difficult to access a breakfast club or after-schoolchildcare," he said.
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