The extended services disadvantage subsidy, a pathfinder funding initiative from the DCSF to make extended services available to those most in need, has been running since the autumn. You will need to contact the local authority extended school remodelling adviser to see if they are piloting in a cluster or over the authority as a whole and check that they have considered existing community provision for the schools. Local authorities could also help the school through their clustering arrangements to have a clear commissioning process for engaging the third sector. You can ask the local authority the following: Is my service signposted as part of the cluster's extended offer?; are arrangements in place that allow fee-paying children to access the provision?; can the school buy free places directly from me?
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