Facing questions from the Education Committee, childcare minister Sam Gyimah was asked to clarify their core purpose.
According to the committee, Ofsted, Barnardo’s and local authorities remained unclear about the ‘core purpose’, as did the committee itself, and were calling for greater clarity.
Pat Glass MP said, ‘One of our strongest recommendations was greater clarity about the core purpose of children’s centres. Is there somewhere we can go to with a list that says if you’re a children’s centre this is what you should be delivering?’ the MP said.
But Mr Gyimah said that the statutory guidance laid out what the core purpose should be and that it was ‘sufficiently clear to allow local authorities to deliver services that work best for their area.’
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