Oh, no - not more maths and English!

The Government are looking at extending the school day to help parents who are at present having to spend money on childcare outside current school hours.  This isn't a new idea - many years ago there was this concept of "wrap-around" whereby school premises were supposed to be used for before and after-school care.  So what went wrong?  I know somebody who runs an after-school club at a local primary and they maintain that the problem is that because it is held on school premises the LEA (Local Education Authority) claim the right to control how it works, and in particular that, rather than being just volunteer mums and dads supervising kids, it should be qualified teachers working to a loose curriculum - in other words, as far as the children are concerned, it seems like more of what they get all day long.  This (a) makes it expensive - the teachers have to be paid - and (b) not particularly attractive to the children.  Lessons to be learned?