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Purpose of the team

To advise and support schools in their development of extended activities and services. 

Description of service 

• Work in partnership with schools to assist them to develop extended provision
• Work with other partners across the city to promote and enhance effective extended schools and services
• Provide information about new developments
• Provide contacts and links to assist schools
• Work with the City Council and other services to develop a co-ordinated response to Every Child Matters and to support the implementation of the Children and Young People's Plan.

Description of the core offer

Flowing out of the government’s clear agenda to ensure coherent and co-operative children’s services, is the requirement that all schools, or groups of schools and partners, offer these extended activity for their communities by 2010.

• Childcare: all parents of primary aged children able to access childcare at or through their school from 8am to 6pm all year round.
• A varied menu of activities on offer for at least two hours a week beyond the school day, for those who want it.
• Parenting support, including family learning and parent education.
• Swift and easy accessto a wide range of specialist support services.
• Wider community access to information and communication technology (ICT), sports and arts facilities, including adult learning. 

Key documents:

Extended Services e-magazine  November 2008: Issue 4 (pdf, 3123 KB)

Extended Services e-newsletter June 2008 (pdf, 1.25 MB)

Extended Services 2007 Report on progress towards full core offer (pdf, 89.4 KB)

Extended Services Annual Report 2007 - Executive Summary (pdf, 43.6 KB)

Extended Services Key Note Conference Report (pdf, 93.7 KB)

Extended Services Annual Report 2007 - full version (pdf, 3.90 MB)

For general enquiries, please contact: 

Michelle Corns - 0113 214 4054 or

Linda Khammo - 0113 214 4482