Nursery World - Show the way on extension (1)

The evaluation of extended schools pathfinder projects has just reported back to Government and it is clear that out-of-school clubs will form the lynchpin of extended schools. Overall the researchers concluded that extended schools have important positive effects on families, children and communities. However, in order to work successfully, extended schools need dedicated management structures and team leaders.

Overall the researchers concluded that extended schools have important positive effects on families, children and communities. However, in order to work successfully, extended schools need dedicated management structures and team leaders.

In light of this, it is clear that there is much that the extended schools project can learn from out-of-school clubs. Those clubs based in schools, of which there are approximately 5,000, have been run with the support of the school but with their own management team for several years. So, schools which already have an out-of-school club are well on their way to becoming the extended schools of the future.

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