How far have we come? Extended Schools: Building on experience
Extended schools are central to achieving the aims set out in the Children's Plan. Around two thirds of schools in England now offer access to the core offer of extended services, and many more offer access to elements of that offer. Read a document outlining progress on this agenda from the Department of Children, Schools and families (DCSF).
Extended schools: building on experience (PDF file, 686 KB)
Key resources and documents are available from:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/extendedschools
Relevant documents and weblinks that support the DCSF progress report
Planning and funding extended schools: a guide for schools, local authorities and their partner organisations. DfES 2006. Download the guide
Personalised learning: tailoring teaching and support to children's individula learning needs, interests and aspirations; and tackling barriers to learning. Find out more
Also visit Teaching and learning in 2020
Governors are intrinsic to the process of developing and delivering coherent extended school services. Download the governor's guide
Neighbourhood Management and Extended Services in and around Schools DCLG 2006
Download a document that explores the potential for joint-working within neighbourhoods: the Communities and Local Government briefing
Extended services in schools and children’s centres. Ofsted 2006 (Ref 2609) - a survey showing how extended services can be effectively delievered through children's centres. Download survey.
Guidance for Specialist Schools 2007: How your school works towards the development of the core offer of extended services should be integral to the community element of your school development plan (SDP). Download Part One: The Specialist School Programme
Universities of Manchester and Newcastle Research Reports 2005-7,
Prof Alan Dyson et al: For a thorough coverage of the history, development and evaluation of the extended school services initiative:
Download Brief No RR680/RB680 (2005)
Download Evaluation of the Full Service Extended Schools Project:End of First Year Report
(Please note that this is a large document.)
Download Brief No RR795/RB795 (2006)
Download Evaluation of the Full Service Extended Schools Initiative, Thematic Papers
(Please note that this is a large document.)
Download Evaluation of the Full Service Extended Schools Initiative, Final Report
(Please note that this is a large document.)
Study support is at the heart of the core offer.
Read the National Framework for Study Support (DCSF)
Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links Strategy (PESSCL) and Youth Sport Trust
Find out more.
The Secondary National Strategy for school improvement. Read the strategy.
The Primary National Strategy offers a vision of obtaining high standards through a rich, varied and exciting curriculum for children. Read about the strategy.
Children’s National Service Framework (NSF): 10-year programme intended to stimulate long-term and sustained improvement in children's health. It is intended to lead to a cultural shift, resulting in services being designed and delivered around the needs of children and families. Find the NSF documents here.
Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy (FLLN): The Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy initiative aims to raise the literacy, language and numeracy skills of parents and children, and to increase parents' support for their children's literacy, language and numeracy development. Read the guide which sets out the strategy.
Play strategies: SkillsActive offers a guide on playwork in extended schools aimed at strategic planners. It introduces the benefits of play and playwork to schools’ communities and play’s contributions to the core extended schools offer. The guide highlights the difference between educational and playwork approaches and emphasises the importance of free play. Download Playwork in Extended Services: A guide for local authorities and advisors
Targeted Youth Support is delivered collaboratively through a range of services, including: education welfare, behaviour support, Connexions, youth services, social services, drugs and alcohol, sexual health, mental health, housing support, school nurses, youth offending services; and through Positive Activities for Young People, the Young People's Development Programme, Positive Futures, youth inclusion programmes, and the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. Read more.
Integrated Working focuses on enabling and encouraging professionals to work together and to adopt common processes to deliver frontline services, coordinated and built around the Find out more.
Contact Point had the working title of the 'information sharing index'. It is the quick way for a practitioner to find out who else is working with the same child or young person, making it easier to deliver more coordinated support.
Find out more.
Third Sector Strategy and Action Plan (published 25 June 2007): This publication looks at how the Department has worked with voluntary organisations to support people in education, and outlines its plans for future collaboration. Download.
Guidance for extended schools on how to offer sexual health advice to pupils.
Download.
Extended Schools and Health Services: A guide for schools produced by the Department of Health and Care Services. Download.
HM Treasury review of children and young people’s policy 2007: The way public services operate could emphasise rewarding support that is preventative. In particular: more could be done to build children’s resilience to poor outcomes in key areas, including enhancing educational attainment and building social and emotional skills. Also, parents and communities are vital to create a supportive environment in which children and young people can develop; more can be done to build their capacity to fulfil this role. Read the review.
Mobilising councils and their partners to support school success. Read the Audit Commission Report, More than the Sum.
Read an example of emerging practice: Reccy Ranger Streets Sport Project
