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Extended School

What is meant by Extended Services in and around Schools?

Schools are typically at the heart of the community they serve and are ideally placed to offer access to a range of extended servcies that can have a positive impact on standards and life chances of children, young people and families.

By 2010, all children should have access to a variety of extended services in or around their school in particular:

• Primary Schools to offer high quality childcare from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday for 48 weeks of the year in accordance with their local community needs.
• Schools to provide support and information for parents of the children in their school
• Schools to ensure children with additional needs are identified early and well supported through integrated working with other services (e.g. those services may be provided by the local authority, the community or voluntary organisations or charities)
• To make available to the community, if possible, facilities such as ICT Suites, sports and arts facilities, thereby maximising their use. The facilities may also be used for adult learning.

It is recognised that not all schools will be able to provide all these services on School premises. If this is not the case, they should signpost or direct parents to other organisations which do.

What are the benefits of Extended Services in Schools?

Independent evaluation and Ofsted have shown the positive impact extended services can have, including:

• Improve pupil attainment, self confidence, motivation and attendance
• Reduce exclusion rates
• Enable teachers to focus on teaching and learning
• Enhance children's and families access to services

What Extended Services does West Byfleet Junior School offer?

• Link to Earlybirds and Wingbats run on the same site by West Byfleet Infant School
• Teachers run after school clubs until 4.30pm
• After school clubs are run by External providers such as Futurepro Sports Coaching two days a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3.30-4.30pm
• Dance club runs from 4.30pm to 5.30pm on a Wednesday.
• West Byfleet Junior School Cookery School three days a week after school from 3.30pm-4.45pm
• Julie Sianne Dance Theatre is resident at school 7 days a week, weekdays providing lessons from 4pm-9pm and weekends 10am-7pm.
• Scorpions Football Club is located at the school for boys and girls football on Saturdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 1pm and some midweek training.

Parenting support

As pupils progress through the school, parents have the opportunity to attend information meetings where teachers provide guidance on how parents can support their children's learning at home.

Children with Additional Needs

West Byfleet Junior School is fortunate to have a dedicated SENCO who teaches children with SEN and acts as a liasion with specialist services such as occupational therapists and speech therapists.

Community Use

West Byfleet Junior School is used for a wide variety of activities by the local community:

• Dance and drama school
• Sporting organisations
• Cookery School

Woking Confederation

In Woking, as in other parts of Surrey, schools are coming together to work to deliver the above. West Byfleet Junior School is part of a group of local schools known as the Woking Schools Confederation.

Go to www.wokingschoolsconfederation.co.uk for more information.