Children's minister Beverley Hughes has said that by 2010, every community will have access to a children's centre and many of these centres will be 'co-located with primary schools'.
Planning and funding extended schools states that extended schools 'cannot develop in isolation' and that schools need to work in partnership with local authorities and private and voluntary sectors to develop services that can 'complement, not duplicate, existing provision'.
NDNAchief executive Purnima Tanuku said, 'This document is a first step to ensuring schools engage with the expertise of private and voluntary sectors. However, we do believe schools and local authorities will require enforceable guidelines to avoid local variations in the way providers are treated.'
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