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Aims To enhance awareness of the national and regional
extended/community school strategies To look at the current understanding of what an
extended/community school provides To look at the benefits and obstacles associated
with the development of an extended school To look at the role of governors in developing an
extended school
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Cycle of Deprivation Too many children are condemned to repeat
the cycle of deprivation, underachievement and failure
Life chances reduced at an early stage Community disaffection with school has been
tolerated Barriers to learning not always addressed in a
properly co-ordinated way
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Every Child Matters
Five Outcomes
Staying Safe Being Healthy Enjoying and Achieving Achieving Economic Well-being Making a Positive Contribution
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The Extended Schools “core offer”(source - National Remodelling Team)
Swift and easy referral
to specialistsupport services
Support for parents
including family learning
Allyear
round8am-6pm
A varied menu of activities
including study support
Quality childcare
on site or throughlocal providers
Core
offer
including adult learning
Community access
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Examples
• Extended Services
• Children’s Trusts
• School Workforce Reform
• Personalised learning
• 14-19 Curriculum
• Education ImprovementPartnerships
• New Relationship with Schools
• Building Schools for the Future
Standards
Enhancing the lifechances of every child
Reforms
Our work must maintain a strong focus on standards
Taken from slides produced by TDA:D
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Why become an extended school? The benefits
What do extended schools do?
Build on the best existing practice in schools
Place children at the centre of a network of services which support their learning and wellbeing
Promote greater parental involvement in their children’s learning
Forge stronger links with the community
What do extended schools achieve?
Motivate and enthuse pupils Close the achievement gap Ensure that children arrive
at school ready to learn Meet the five ECM
outcomes Reinvigorate local
communities
Taken from slides produced by TDA:D
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Delivering extended services…NRT 2006
Is about:Isn’t about:
“Blue print” solutions
Schools unsupported
Too many “chiefs”
Extended servicesin and around schools
“ “Blue print”solutions
Schools unsupported
Too many “chiefs”
Schools doing it all
Local, customised solutions
Supported autonomy
Systematic supportfrom local authorities
and unions
Extended servicesin and around schools
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Activity
What are the benefits and obstacles to the development of community/extended schools?
What are the potential benefits of establishing an extended/community school?
How might we evidence those benefits? As a group, come up with three benefits that are
particularly important. Think about how to evidence them Feedback
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Benefits... Encourages greater parental involvement in children’s learning -
children make better progress where families support their learning
Provides more help to staff and parents in addressing children’s wider needs
Enhances support for vulnerable children and those most at risk Enables parents to more easily access childcare and other
services Makes better use of school facilities Offers children greater opportunities to have fun and develop
wider interests/new skills Promotes community ownership of the school and encourages
higher aspirations
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Where does the money come from? You can charge for activities School budgets Other funding opportunities Funding from other partners
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Education Act 2002
Section 27: gives governing bodies of maintained schools enabling power to provide, or enter into contract to provide, facilities and services for the benefit of pupils, their families or people who live or work in the locality
Section 28: puts a duty on the governing body to consult before establishing extended services and a duty to abide by provisions which may be contained in LEA finance schemes
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The role of Governors Developing a strategic vision Ongoing monitoring, evaluation and overseeing
the extended activities Safeguarding the delegated budget Having accountability for health and safety and
related issues Offering continuity of the vision and community
links
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Case study
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10 Tips for Becoming an Extended School
1. Set up steering group/committee with responsibility for extended services
2. Agree a vision - plan and focus services to contribute to supporting school improvement and supporting pupils and families
3. Encourage all school staff on board
4. Decide who will be responsible for day to day management
5. Find out if there is an opportunity to work
with other schools in the area - ask for advice
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10 Tips for Becoming an Extended School
6. Talk to other local providers - are there opportunities to work together?
7. Know your community - audit existing services and consult
8. Look at what the community can offer
9. Decide what the school can realistically offer
10. Extended schools do not necessarily have to find additional funding - think about how you can usewhat you have already and how other servicescan contribute
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The way forward
Whole school approach Focus on specific local school/community needs Manageability and sustainability of change Consider position and impact within School
Improvement Plan
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How can you help governors support their schools in delivering this agenda?
Setting it in the wider context - “joining it up” Induction and training Providing tools and links to information and
advice Sharing best practice Bringing local schools and partners together
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Useful websites Training and Development Agency
http://remodelling.org/remodelling/extendedschools.aspx Teachernet - extended schools
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/extendedschools/ Teachernet -study support
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/studysupport/ QISS
http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/quality-in-study-support/ Continyou
http://www.continyou.org.uk/content.php?CategoryID=720 Watch this space! Kent Community Schools - Good Practice Guide -
Clusterweb - coming soon
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