As part of an evaluation of full-service extended schools for the DfES, academics from the universities of Manchester and Newcastle concluded that there was 'every reason to persevere with the implementation and development of extended provision'.
But they warned that some schools had 'experienced tensions between their long-term approaches and the more immediate demands of the attainment agenda'.
Children's minister Beverley Hughes welcomed the report and pointed out that 3,000 schools have so far signed up to the extended schools programme - 500 more than had been expected by this month.
Professor Alan Dyson, who led the research team, acknowledged that some schools were 'struggling' and were worried that they would not be able to sustain services once Government support came to an end.
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