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Here are links to a range of case studies from miscellaneous sources that demonstrate the benefits of extra-curricular and extended services for children, young people and families.
Food for Life case studies These case studies are whole-school examples of how learning about food is being embedded in schools across England.
Entrepreneurial skills across the curriculum This is a range of Scottish case studies demosntrating the impact that developing entrepreneurial skills has on young people's confidence and self-esteem.
Find a UFA case study These case studies demonstrate the benefits of the UFA Fellowship and the UFA Learning Teams.
Young Engineers and Science Clubs Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) offers opportunities for students to test their problem-solving and team-working skills and develop creativity and innovative ideas in these clubs, in which the young people have a chance to work with practicing engineers. Here is a list of schools that have taken advantage of the opportunities that SCDI Young Engineers and Science Clubs offer.
Young Engineers: Club stories.... Young Engineers is collecting club stories to shows schools what kinds of activities network members undertake in engineering clubs.
Pupil Voice case studies Case studies from the Inspiring Schools: Case Studies for Change report about the Carnegie Young People Initiative.
Commissioning extra-curricular and extended services programmes For shools that have opted out of local authority control commissioning is the name of the game. Among many other services and programmes they need, they will also need to commission their own extra-curricular and extended services programmes. Here are some examples of how schools are commissioning services. (Please note: these case studies may not centre around extra-curricular services and serve only as a guide.)
Improving outcomes for disadvantaged young people Case studies of effective practice: a document that outlines some useful case studies around working with young people in disadvantaged areas.