Multi-service schools plan

Proposals to enable schools to offer multiple services for children of all ages were unveiled in the Government's Education Bill last week. Under the proposed legislation, the governing body of a maintained school could offer community facilities for the school's pupils and their families or for people who live and work locally. The school could charge for these services, but the Department for Education and Skills envisages that they would be run on a not-for-profit basis. Schools would...