Report into extended services

Local authorities should use 'the expertise and experience of effective providers' when planning the expansion of extended services in schools and children's centres, Ofsted recommends. Its survey of 20 settings, including seven children's centres, eight primary schools four secondary schools and one special school, found most made 'intelligent use' of local networks of statutory and voluntary services when setting up extended services. However, in a 'small minority', there was no 'common, shared vision' for the extended school agreed by teachers, managers and governors, or in collaboration with the wider community.