OUR PURPOSE
As the family of schools known as the Barrow Development Group, we will work in partnership together to identify need and to extend opportunities for children and young people, their families and the wider community which we serve. We aim, as a group, to provide the core offer by 2010.
OUR METHOD
We will pool our designated extended services funding in order to achieve our purpose through BEST, a collaborative project which is managed by a steering group responsible to the Barrow Development Group, and administered by an Extended Services Coordinator who is hosted and line managed by one of the schools. We will report on the project’s progress to governors and staff in all our schools, each term. Each partner school will be asked to confirm its commitment to continuing to work together in this way in March for the following school year.
THE CORE OFFER
By working in partnership together, we aim to ensure that all children and young people in our schools should have access to a range of extended services by 2010, specifically:
- “Primary schools will provide access to high-quality childcare, 8am–6pm, five days a week, 48 weeks a year, in accordance with their communities’ needs, combined with a varied menu of activities (study support) to enhance achievement and broaden interests.
- Secondary schools will provide access to a varied menu of study support and enrichment activities which provide fun and stimulating activities for young people, as well as a safe place to be.
- Schools will provide access to parenting support, including information sessions for parents of pupils joining reception and on transfer to secondary school; signposting to national and local sources of information, advice and support; access to parenting groups using structured, evidence-based parenting programmes; and family learning sessions to allow children to learn with their parents, where consultation has shown there is a demand.
- Swift and easy access: working closely with other statutory services and the voluntary and community sector, schools will ensure that children with additional needs are identified as early as possible, and are well supported through integrated working with other services.
- Schools will ensure they provide community access to appropriate facilities, such as ICT suites, sports and arts facilities, and also provide access to adult learning.”
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