'No fears' about school services

Speakers at the Kids Clubs' Network's tenth annual conference last week moved to allay concerns about schools offering extended services such as childcare to local communities. One member of the audience at the London conference, a qualified teacher who now works in private childcare, said she felt 'demotivated' by the proposal. She added, 'There's even less incentive for schools to establish relationships outside the school environment than there was before. They pay lip-service now to childcare groups outside their control, and they do not seem to perceive the groups as professional even though in the last few years the drive...