John Chowcat, head of the children's services union, said: "My great worry with Every Child Matters is whether schools and colleges will come on board. They are the front for children's services and it won't fly if they are not involved."
He said that, while secondary schools are increasingly working towards the government's vision for children's services, there was still a core of resistant secondary heads.
"My greatest concern is the minority of secondary schools who don't really see what the agenda entails," he told a Capita Children's Services' conference last week.
Brian Lightman, president of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the pressure to focus on test results is a key reason some schools are not fully signed up.
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