Nursery World - New framework to increase what's on offer at out-of-school clubs

A voluntary framework that aims to help out-of-school staff improve what they offer to children and young people in clubs will be published this summer. Now in its final stages of development by Kids' Clubs Network, the project is being funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, and aims to bring together the good practice that is already in the field. Aware that some out-of-school workers may have anxieties about the forthcoming framework being a 'curriculum', project leader Peter Williams said, 'The framework will have a list of values and principles which set out the framework's approach. It is a balancing act between allowing children choice and freedom and recognising that the playworker has a role in stimulating and encouraging them.

Aware that some out-of-school workers may have anxieties about the forthcoming framework being a 'curriculum', project leader Peter Williams said, 'The framework will have a list of values and principles which set out the framework's approach. It is a balancing act between allowing children choice and freedom and recognising that the playworker has a role in stimulating and encouraging them.

'It is not a question of the framework suggesting a lot of new activities, although they may be new to some in the field - it is about how to lift people's horizons in what they could or should be providing. When you look at the provision - although some is a bit dismal - almost all of it has some aspects of good practice. The aim is to help play settings have the best practice across a whole range of areas.

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