Transcript Monthly Status Report

What are we seeking to achieve with Extended Services ?
Helping to build communities capable of providing
for themselves
Children arriving at school ready and able to learn
Realisation that there’s no Standards without
‘Every Child Matters’ and no ‘Every Child
Matters’ without Standards
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Every Child Matters
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As we all know – the case is compelling:
• 3 million children live in poverty
• 2 million children go without at least two things they need such as
three meals a day, toys or adequate clothes
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Two thirds of heads of households in social housing are unemployed
16% of children live in households where no one works
40,000 girls under 18 become pregnant each year
Infants born to fathers in unskilled or semi skilled occupations have
infant mortality rates over 70% higher than those in professional and
managerial positions
• Around 10% of children between the age of 5 and 15 experience
some sort of mental disorder
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Serving Children Well
well children
vulnerable
children
The current
position
universal
services
well children
few targeted
services
vulnerable
children
children in
acute need
specialist
services
children in
acute need
The future
goal
universal
services
few targeted
services
specialist
services
Core offer extended services will contribute to achieving the
Every Child Matters outcomes
National agendas for
local change
• Raising standards
& achievement
• Support for
vulnerable children
and families
Every Child Matters
outcomes
Extended
Services
Core
Offer
• Developing
communities and
partnerships
• Being healthy
• Enjoying and achieving
• Staying safe
• Making a positive
contribution
• Achieving economic
well -being
• A children ’s
workforce strategy
The impetus for which
was The Laming Report
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The core offer for children and families:
to be in or accessed through all schools by 2010
Core
offer
Quality childcare
A varied menu of activities
on site or through
local providers
including study support
All
year
round
8am-6pm
Parenting support
including family learning
Swift and easy referral
to specialised
support services
Community access
Community access
including adult learning
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Schools are
not expected
to work alone
or deliver
services in
isolation, but
work together
with the local
authority and
other
agencies to
deliver the
agenda
together
Extended Services are designed deliberately to drive
standards and achievement
Extended
Services
design
Experience success
Raise self esteem
Improve physical
health etc
Characteristics
of successful
learners
Blockers
and
enablers
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Standards
and
achievement
Attitude
Behaviour
Attendance
Stretch etc
Family support
Confidence
Bullying
Poor health
Teaching and
Curriculum
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OFSTED Report July 2006
Extended services in schools and children's centres
Children, young people and adults show:
• Enhanced self-confidence, relationships, aspirations and
achievement
• More positive attitudes – greater sense of ownership and
pride in their school
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Inspecting extended schools
In particular, inspectors ask:
• why a school has chosen to develop particular services
• what impact the services have on learners
• how well the school’s services are used
Mostly, inspectors will talk to key people about the services and
their impact; they will not inspect the services directly.
Source: Inspecting Extended Schools Briefing Paper 2005: HMI Ref 2567
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Inspecting extended schools
The schools’ Self Evaluation Form and inspectors questions will
focus on:
• The particular support services provided for pupils and
students, parents and the community and what difference
they make
• The key partners and the effectiveness of relationships
• The profile of pupils and families and any specific barriers to
learning
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Principles
Doing things differently as much as doing different things
Building on existing good practice
• Consult on local needs to drive what’s really needed
• Increase partnership and multi-agency working & avoid duplication
• Emphasise sustainability
• Monitor and evaluate
• Schools facilitate and commission, rather than provide
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Timeline for extended schools 2005 - 2011
• Initial Funding for Extended Schools was for 2005 – 2008
• This funding was given to Local Authorities to allocate
• March 2007 Gordon Brown Budget: further three years of
match funding, with some uplift
• How that money is to be distributed is not yet clear and has
only recently been confirmed
• This potentially extends the funding timeline through until
2011
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