The Government unveiled the plans last week in its White Paper, Schools: Achieving Success. It said primary schools would be encouraged to develop close partnerships with other public services, including health and social services, 'to make available on their site a wide range of easily-accessible support for children and their families'.
Explaining the thinking behind the measure, a Department for Education and Skills spokeswoman said, 'Childcare could come in a variety of forms - breakfast clubs, after-school clubs, holiday clubs, nurseries for babies up to four - and it would provide opportunities for the better integration of study support, early learning and childcare. Provision would be open to the parents of children at the school, other local parents, teachers or others. The aim is to provide community facilities that people need which governors can run themselves or contract out to others.'
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