Extended Services work closely with the Blyth partnership of schools and partner agencies at the heart of the delivery of Every Child Matters and Every Parent Matters!
Extended Schools are at the heart of the delivery of Every Child Matters, improving outcomes and raising standards of achievement for children and young people.”
Beverley Hughes,
Minister of State for Children,
young people and families.
THE ‘CORE OFFER’ OF EXTENDED SERVICES PROVISION
Extended services are a key vehicle for delivering the government’s objective of lifting children out of poverty and improving outcomes for them and their families. There is clear evidence that children’s experiences greatly influence their outcomes and life chances in later life.
Educational attainment is a powerful route out of poverty and disadvantage. A key priority and challenge for schools is to reach the most disadvantaged families within a universal framework of providing mainstream services for all families.
An extended school works with the Local Authority and other partners to offer access to a range of services and activities which support and motivate children and young people to achieve their full potential. Schools are required to provide access to the full core offer of extended services provisio by 2010.
“Developing extended services is not only about tackling underachievement, but about tackling the causes of underachievement.”