ABSTRACT
Checklist for schools planning to offer extended activities 1. Read the contents of the DfES guidance on Planning and Funding Extended Schools (issued June 2006),
and the ContinYou/DfES Know-how series of leaflets on the Teachernet website. 2. Contact the local authority’s extended schools remodelling adviser (ESRA). 3. Review existing local provision, with the help of the ESRA. 4. Consider any particular local challenges, such as rurality, which might require special transport or other
arrangements. 5. Look at good practice examples from other schools and communities. 6. Consult with the school’s governing body on the best way forward. 7. Consult with school staff, their professional associations and unions, and any existing collaborative
partners. 8. Decide how to consult effectively with children and young people, their families and the wider
community. 9. Set up ongoing consultation on the extended opportunities needed by pupils, families and the local
community, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. 10. Identify the skills and resources available to help in the local community and amongst local partner
providers, and build partnerships with them. 11. Work with all parents and other stakeholders to identify affordable charges which will help to make
extended opportunities sustainable. 12. Define (through the governing body) when and how remission from charging arrangements should come
into force. 13. Consider how the staffing of the extended school will be consistent with workforce reform. 14. Incorporate the provision of extended opportunities and support into the School Improvement Plan.
