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Welcome to the website about the Extended Schools range of services and activities in the South Oxhey and Carpenders Park area of Three Rivers.

This site is under construction so some content is soon to be added. If you have any comments on how this website could be improved to help you access the services and activities in the community, please click here to contact your co-ordinator.

Firstly ......
What is an extended school?

Extended schools provide access to a range of services and activities, often beyond the school day, to help meet the needs of children, families and the wider community.

Schools are not expected to deliver these services and activities on their own but to work with other schools and with external partners and providers – for example, the health service, the local college, private and voluntary organisations.

Groups of schools can work together in groups (called Consortiums or Clusters) and they do not have to deliver all of the services and activities on each school site.

Many schools are already providing some of these opportunities and have been doing so for some time.  But now all schools are being encouraged to offer an even wider range over the next four years.

What services and activities should be offered and when?

The Government has set out a ‘core offer’ of extended services that it wants all children and their families to be able to access through schools by 2010. Below is a description of what each service or activity delivers.

CHILDCARE - Affordable childcare before and after the school day and during the holidays

VARIED MENU OF ACTIVITIES - for young people – ranging from homework clubs and study support to sport, music and special interest clubs

SUPPORT FOR PARENTS – including supportive parenting programmes and family learning sessions

COMMUNITY ACCESS to school facilities through after school clubs and adult learning programmes

SPECIALIST SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE – swift and easy referral to services such as speech therapy, family support and counselling

For more details on what services and activities are available in our community, please visit our Activities & Services page

What's happening in South Oxhey and Carpenders Park ?

A group of schools and early years settings have formed a consortium to offer the services and activities for South Oxhey and Carpenders Park. Please view the details on the Our Consortium page and the Activities & Services page for detials of activities in our community.

More Information

To find out more from Government and County on Extended Schools please see our links page.