Full-Service Extended Schools Evaluation Published

The Department of Education and Skills published the results of a 3-year evaluation on 25 June 2007.  The study by the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle found that full service extended schools (FSES), which provide access to a range of services for children and families, had a positive impact on the attainment of pupils and on engagement with learning, family stability and enhanced life chances and generated positive outcomes for families and local people.

Tecis contributed to this study by providing expertise for a cost benefit analysis of the initiative.  This analysis suggests that the costs of undertaking FSES activities could be very high but that, in most cases, the benefits of the initiative outweighed the costs. 

The report is available from DfES on line at: Final Report

 

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Local authorities need to describe the cost and nature of their services for children.  The children's services mapping project is co-sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills and the Association of Directors of Children's Services and implemented by a Team at Durham University.  The project is advised and approved by a Steering Group and an Expert Working  Group of practitioners, managers and policy makers representing agencies and disciplines involved in children's services.  Tecis provides a member of the Steering Group.

Data collection on-line is now underway and further details can be found on: Children's Services Mapping Pilot Site

 

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