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Resources and Publications

The following documents are available to enhance your work in Extended Services:

Noticeboard - Extended Services Newsletter
Risk and Insurance
Governors
Design and Promote
Consultation
Managing Change
Parents
Partnership working
Schools
Example resources from Nottinghamshire Co-ordinators
Networking events
Pathway to Provision

They are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat reader to view them. You can download this free of charge by going to plug-ins and viewers. Useful information on pdf files and their accessibility is available at: http://access.adobe.com.

Noticeboard

Noticeboard Issue 4 - the newsletter for Extended Services in Nottinghamshire [PDF 1715KB]

Noticeboard Issue 3 - the newsletter for Extended Services in Nottinghamshire [PDF 2723KB]

Noticeboard Issue 2 - the newsletter for Extended Services in Nottinghamshire [PDF 2494KB]

Noticeboard Issue 1 - the newsletter for Extended Services in Nottinghamshire [PDF 8917KB]

Extended Services in and Around Nottinghamshire Schools - An Overview [WORD 333KB]

Risk and Insurance

Risk and Insurance Guidance [WORD 45KB] - Information produced to assist NCC personnel and schools and others relating to the insurances Nottinghamshire County Council has on the risks associated with extended schools.

Governors

Extended Services Toolkit for Governors [PDF 242KB]

A TDA publication aimed at governing bodies to help deepen their understanding and skills around extended services to better equip them to support schools.

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Design and Promote

Design and Promote [PDF 469KB]

Publicising your Extended Services [PDF 1438KB]

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Consultation

Consultation Toolkit [PDF 947KB]

The Evaluator's Cookbook [PDF 4702KB]

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Managing Change

Little Book of Managing Change [PDF 1229KB]

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Parents

Parents as Partners in their Children's Learning Toolkit [PDF 1004KB]

This toolkit has been developed by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) to provide parents and staff in education authorities and schools with a practical resource to suport partnership with parents in all aspects of children's learning.

Every Parent Matters [PDF 463KB]

'Every Parent Matters' sets out the important role of parents in improving their child's life chances and educational attainment and the role of the government in supporting them to achieve this.

How to Source Parenting Provision [PDF 186KB]

This is a guide to sourcing suitable parenting provision aimed in particular at local authority and school staff wishing to support parents in order to improve their children's behaviour or attendance at school.

Parent Know How [PDF 9158KB]

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Partnership Working

Reaching Out: Think Family [PDF 529KB]

Published by the Cabinet Office Social Exclusion Task Force, this document is the first part of the Families at Risk Review setting out emerging policy for the minority of families who have not been able to take advantage of the recent Every Child Matters initiatives. It explores the multiple problems some families face and the cost of social exclusion. On extended services it says 'This recognises the crucial role that schools can play in engaging with the family and providing a hub for integration of wider services'.

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Schools

Transforming lives - extended services and special schools [1545KB]

This 16 page practice report demonstrates how special schools, in a range of settings and contexts, are using extended services to improve outcomes for pupils and support for parents. The supplement also looks at how special schools are using consultation techniques to design services for maximum impact, accessing funding and overcoming challenges.

Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion [264KB]

This DCSF document is non-statutory guidance that explains what is meant by community cohesion and describes how schools may contribute and promote community cohesion. Extended services core offer is one of three areas where schools may contribute and Ofsted inspection of the contribution that schools make to community cohesion will commence in September 2008.

Supporting School Improvement [PDF 599KB]

This document aims to encourage schools and delivery partners to plan and develop extended services in a way that is integral to school improvement.

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Example resources from Nottinghamshire Co-ordinators

The following example resources have been contributed by Extended Services Cluster Co-ordinators across Nottinghamshire. These are only intended as examples, and are not the definitive answer. However they can be used and adapted to apply to the school and situation you are working in.

SWOT - template and examples
Business Plan/ Action Plan - template and examples
Auditing - template and examples, audit report
Questionnaires - student questionnaires (primary and secondary), parent questionnaires
Example Proposals - revenue proposal

If you have any further example resources that you would be willing to share please send to katrina.perkins@nottscc.gov.uk