More @ Extended Schools Consortium

Welcome to the website which guides you through what’s on offer from our More @ Extended Schools Consortium.

What's 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.

What Services and Activities should be offered and when?

The Government has set out a ‘core offer’ of extended services which it wants all children and their families to be able to access through schools by 2010.

Childcare – in primary schools provided on the school site or through other local providers, with supervised transport arrangements where appropriate, available 8am — 6pm all year round or to reflect community demand.
Varied Menu of Activities for young people – ranging from homework clubs and study support to sport, music and special interest clubs.
Specialist Support for Children and Young People – swift and easy referral to services such as speech therapy, family support and counselling.  In Hertfordshire, we are using the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) to help with this.
Support for Parents – including a Parent Support Worker, parenting programmes and family learning sessions.
Community Access to school facilities and to adult learning.

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.

Which schools are members of the More @ Extended Schools consortium?

Our Consortium covers the West side of St Albans.
To view the Consortium Schools please see Our Consortium page.

More Information

More information can be found at the Hertfordshire Extended Schools website or go to the Find Out More page.

Disclaimer
The information provided here is for general guidance only. More @ Extended Schools aims to provide accurate and up to date information, but it can not guarantee at any time that all the information or services listed are up to date, accurate or of good quality. Users should reassure themselves of the quality and safety of the services on offer, for example by visiting provision, looking at inspection reports, etc.