Extended Schools in Nottingham City

1. Extended Schools in Nottingham City Gayle Aughton & Laine Tomkinson Development Officers – Extended Schools Team

2. Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next?

3. What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next?

4. An Extended School is…..

5. Children families and young people at the heart of Extended Services

6. Quality childcare A varied menu of activities Core offer All year round 8am-6pm on site or through local providers including study support Parenting support Swift and easy referral including family learning to specialised support services including adult learning An Extended School is

7. 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

8. Socio-economic status has the single biggest influence on achievement and life chances

9. Local authority timeline for extended schools 2005-2010 2010 2005 2006 2008 • 2005 • Development of Integrated Inspection Framework • 2006 • Most authorities have Children’s Trusts arrangements in place • Most authorities have a Director of Children’s Services • Edwina Grant in post • A lead member for Children’s Services in most authorities • Councillor Graham Chapman lead member for Children’s Services • 2010 • Wraparound affordable childcare available for all parents of primary aged children • 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 • Mid-2006 • Children and Young People’s Plans in all authorities • Currently out for consultation • Safeguarding Children • Local Safeguarding Board will be in place by April 2006 • Peer Review for Joint Area Review (JAR) February • 2008 • Wraparound affordable childcare in at least half of all primary schools • One third of all secondary schools open 8am-6pm, all year round and offering activities • 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

10. Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next?

11. Building relationships to create ‘clusters’

12. 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 The Context

13. 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 What have we done so far?

14. How is the activity being supported? • Central team • Core Team • TDA/ContinYou/4Children • Initial capacity building fund • Funding formula • Strategic Plan in place (draft)

15. Further support • Toolkit • Draft Action Plan based on ECM • Collaboration with CAF • Creating links to other agenda’s • Performance measures, impact assessment and validation

16. 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

17. 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

18. Workshop1 Mobilise & Discover Workshop2 Discover & Deepen Workshop3 Develop& Deliver Workshop4 Deliver & Sustain Review findings & Consult Establish a strategic steering group Complete the Action Plan, access funding The workshop process Nottingham City Council Core offer

19. 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

20. 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).

21. 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.

22. Agenda What is an extended school? How are we making it happen in Nottingham? What Next?

23. Keep going

24. Negotiate when the remaining clusters will come into the programme

25. 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

26. 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

27. Ofsted’s key findings on extended schools is encouraging: “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 major benefits to children young people and adults were enhanced self-confidence , 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”. “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

28. 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

29. Getting there…….