Study Support & Out of School Hours Learning
Definition
'Study Support [out of school hours learning] is learning activity outside normal lessons which young people take part in voluntarily. Study Support is, accordingly, an inclusive term, embracing many activities - with many names and guises. Its purpose is to improve young people’s motivation, build their self-esteem and help them become more effective learners. Above all it aims to raise achievement’.
‘Study Support: a national framework for extending learning opportunities (DfES 2006)’
‘A Varied Menu of Study Support Activities’
 Range currently offered:-
- Arts & Crafts
- Breakfast Clubs
- Community & Voluntary Service
- Dance & Drama
- Extension & Revision
- Hobbies
- Homework Clubs
- ICT
- Learning Another Language
- Maths & Science Clubs
- Mentoring
- Music Tuition
- Outdoor & Environment
- Special Interest Clubs
- Sport & Physical Activity
- Summer Schools
- Visits To Museums & Galleries
- Volunteering
 Hertfordshire Study Support Strategy (on the Herts Direct website)
 Study Support and Out of Hours Learning (on the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning website)
 Study Support Framework (2.62MB)
Study Support's Contribution to Key Policy (23KB)
CSF News Sept 07 "Another First for Hertfordshire" (264KB)
'Benefits of Study Support' mind map (112KB)
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