Community

What is an Extended School?

The Earlsfield Extended School Coordinator is based here at Burntwood School. The role of the Coordinator is to deliver Extended Services for the community of Burntwood and its surrounding area.

The core offer

The core offer of extended services, which all schools are expected to provide by 2010, is made up of five elements:

• childcare (in primary and special schools)
• a varied menu of activities including study support, sport and music clubs
• swift and easy access to targeted and specialist services
• parenting support including family learning, and
• community access to facilities including adult and family learning, ICT and sports facilities.

Research carried out by different organisations, including Ofsted, over the last four years suggests that those schools which are already offering extended services are experiencing a range of benefits, including:

• more motivated pupils
• better attendance and behaviour
• more engaged and better equipped parents
• greater willingness to adopt healthier lifestyles, and
• better community access to local services.