By next year, all schools must be able to provide this full offer, which includes childcare, sports activities and parenting support, or prove that consultation has shown there is no local need.
However, under current guidance a school can still lay claim to offering this full service, even if services are not launched due to lack of demand.
During a parliamentary debate on the extended school services last week, Karen Buck, Labour MP for Regent's Park and Kensington North, said: "It is entirely possible for a school to say that it is providing a full core offer when it is actually not providing a single service. That problem might well come back to bite the government and it is something about which we need to be concerned."
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