Portsmouth City Council was last week commended by children's ministerBeverley Hughes for hitting the 2010 target ahead of schedule. It isunderstood to be the first local authority to have all of its schoolsoffering access to extended activities.
Robin Johns, the council's head of community learning, said this feathad been achieved by forming five community improvement partnershipscontaining all schools in the local authority. The partnerships enablethe schools to share extended services with primary care trusts, policeforces and voluntary organisations.
He added that the council had also taken the radical step of spendingaround 70 per cent of its extended schools budget on independentmanagers to run local partnerships.
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