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Extended Schools in Nottingham City Gayle Aughton & Laine Tomkinson Development Officers – Extended Schools Team Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next? What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next? An Extended School is….. Children families and young people at the heart of Extended Services An Extended School is Quality childcare Core offer A varied menu of activities All year round 8am-6pm on site or through local providers Parenting support including family learning including study support Swift and easy referral to specialised support services including adult learning But …. Its NOT about schools working alone Its about working in clusters In multi agency teams Building on what is already there Joining services together Signpost to existing services Build on new opportunities to engage the community Socio-economic status has the single biggest influence on achievement and life chances 100 Average position in the distribution 90 80 70 High SES; high early rank 60 High SES; low early rank 50 Low SES; high early rank 40 Low SES; low early rank 30 20 10 0 22 28 34 40 46 52 58 64 70 76 82 88 94 100 106 112 118 Age in months Source: Feinstein, Economica (2003) Local authority timeline for extended schools 2005-2010 2005 2006 2008 2010 2005 Mid-2006 2006 2008 2010 • Development of Integrated Inspection Framework • Children and Young People’s Plans in all authorities • Most authorities have Children’s Trusts arrangements in place • Wraparound affordable childcare in at least half of all primary schools • Most authorities have a Director of Children’s Services • One third of all secondary schools open 8am-6pm, all year round and offering activities • Wraparound affordable childcare available for all parents of primary aged children • Currently out for consultation • Safeguarding Children • Local Safeguarding Board will be in place by April 2006 • Peer Review for Joint Area Review (JAR) February • Edwina Grant in post • A lead member for Children’s Services in most authorities • Councillor Graham Chapman lead member for Children’s Services • All authorities have Children’s Trusts arrangements • All authorities have a Director of Children’s Services • A lead member for Children’s Services in all authorities • All secondary schools open 8am-6pm, all year round and offering activities • All 3-4 year olds receiving 15 hours of free early years education, 38 weeks of the year Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next? Building relationships to create ‘clusters’ The Context Unitary Authority Integrated Children’s Services 1st April 2006 Appointed Director Children’s Services Lead Member for Children’s Services Primary Reorganisation Building Schools for the Future Common Assessment Framework Joint Area Review Neighbourhood Management Locality Based Services 123 schools: •13 Secondary •93 Primary •4 PRU’s •3 Voluntary Aided •1 Academy •1 Foundation •6 Special What have we done so far? 2004 pilot eight schools ran a variety of initiatives including: Health Partnerships at Jesse Boot Primary After school clubs and activities in Glenbrook Primary Family learning sessions outside schools hours and in holiday time at Dunkirk Primary and Nursery Adult learning classes at Elliot Durham and Radford Primary Twilight learning opportunities at Radford Primary Improved facilities for community use of schools buildings at Burford Primary & Nursery Holiday club open to the community at Brinkhill Primary & Nursery How is the activity being supported? Central team Core Team TDA/ContinYou/4Children Initial capacity building fund Funding formula Strategic Plan in place (draft) Further support Toolkit Draft Action Plan based on ECM Collaboration with CAF Creating links to other agenda’s Performance measures, impact assessment and validation Making it happen Meet with key people Arrange a series of workshops Establish a Steering Group Commission an audit and mapping exercise Consult and engage with partners and community Identify gaps and opportunities Complete an Action Plan Apply for funding Appoint a co-ordinator Why extended schools? • Raise standards • Lift children and families out of living in poverty • Provide a more personalised offer to children • Enable teachers to focus on teaching and learning The workshop process Nottingham City Council Worksho p1 Mobilise & Discover Worksho p2 Discover & Deepen Establish a strategic steering group Worksho p3 Develop& Deliver Review findings & Consult Core offer Worksho p4 Deliver & Sustain Complete the Action Plan, access funding The Clusters First 4 clusters identified: (meet our target by September 2006) • St Anns • Top Valley • Sneinton • Bilborough Next 4 clusters identified (meet our target by September 2007) • Central • Farnborough • Bigwood • Haywood Build on success We are meeting the target of 15% of schools delivering the core offer by September 2006 (20 schools) Well on the way to meeting the target of 30% Schools delivering the core offer by September 2007 (36 schools) Building our own case studies and good practice Piloting for Police and Arts Council Nottingham City has 19% of schools delivering the core offer against the national figure of 18% and 15% regionally (March 2007). Funding for Extended Schools DfES allocated both capital and revenue in 2006/07 and 07/08 from both Standards fund and GSSG plus funding in schools existing budgets. Initial capacity building fund allocated to every school in August 2006 to support mapping & audit. Devolved budget to schools approved in December 2006 based on following formula: Top slice 20% for every school 2006/07 and 07/08 8 Clusters allocated remaining funds based on 50% NOR and 50% FSM Financial management and monitoring based around existing EIP funding arrangements. Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next? Keep going Negotiate when the remaining clusters will come into the programme Date Number of Schools Total September 06 20(St Ann’s & Bilborough) 20 September 07 16 (Top Valley & 36 Sneinton) September 08 40 (Haywood/Bigwood, 76 Farnborough, Central) September 09 35 (Bulwell, Ellis Guilford, 111 Bilborough K2S) September 10 11 (Beckett, Trinity, Emmanuel) 123 Measure the effectiveness of Extended Schools Quality Mark (QES) Develop our own Performance Indicators Validation Self Assessment/JAR Developing our own case studies Improved Standards evidenced through OfSTED Inspection Learn from the research Research cited the link between extended provision and improvements in standards of attainment. The investigation by the universities of Newcastle and Manchester found that extended services can help individuals and families re-engage with learning and can have a significant impact on their life chances. This research "confirms that extended services not only benefit children, young people, their families and wider communities but the schools which offer them can expect to see a positive impact on their academic results". Beverley Hughes Ofsted’s key findings on extended schools is encouraging: “The major benefits to children young people and adults were enhanced selfconfidence , improved relationships, raised aspirations and better attitudes to learning.” “ Schools, children’s centres and local authorities made intelligent use of the local networks of statutory and voluntary services when setting up extended services across an area”. “Pupils has a greater sense of ownership of what went on in their school. When they chose the activities , the services were sustained, varied and innovative. “The vast majority of parents who participated in training or used the support services were highly satisfied with what was provided”. Source: Ofsted report on extended schools and children’s centre July 2006 Further information; www.4children.org.uk www.continyou.org.uk www.dfes.gov.uk www.teachernet.gov.uk www.ncma.org.uk www.ofsted.gov.uk Getting there…….