But the biggest changes are likely to be in the role that schools will play in the future.
On the face of it, the green paper describes only a gradual increase in some current trends. We are told that within a few years there will be an "extended school" in every authority, co-locating other services on school sites - early years services, breakfast clubs, summer schools.
Not that different from many schools of the 60s, before the unremitting focus on educational achievement started to skew schools into test factories.
But there is much more in the policy than this. Family support services and child health services will start to be based on school sites. Local teams will bring together social workers, health visitors, teachers, physiotherapists and other professionals. New working practices will develop, enabling these teams to share ideas and information, and to plan to meet the joined up needs of children and families. Schools will be driven not just by good test results, but by the desire to improve the health and well-being of children.
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