Extended schools managers and headteachers raised the concern at a conference on sustainable extended schools in London last week.
The government has pledged an additional £1.4bn for extended services over the next three years. This includes a subsidy scheme of £265m to increase disadvantaged children's access to services. The subsidy is due to be piloted from September before expanding in 2010/11.
But Vicki Starritt, extended schools organiser for Coventry City Council, said: "So much funding is targeted at deprived areas but for disadvantaged children living in an affluent area it is much harder to access funding and services. I am worried the money will not help them."
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