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In Practice: Case study - The path to extended services

2 mins read Education
North Tyneside's approach to ensuring all schools benefit from a full range of extended services has been to ask one school to lead the commissioning of services for others. Jo Stephenson investigates how this process will work.

Objectives Churchill Community College in North Tyneside is a full-service extended school and will act as a pathfinder in commissioning extended services for the Wallsend area. It already works closely with many local schools but will now be responsible for extended services covering two secondary schools, 12 primaries and two special schools.

What was done North Tyneside Council staged meetings to establish what services were needed in the area and drew up a brief.

Key responsibilities include supporting all local schools to achieve the extended services core offer, developing joint work with partners such as health and specific priorities including better holiday provision for children with ADHD and autism.

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