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Twelve irresistible reasons for offering extended services, by Matthew Freeman.
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Small Schools, Big Communities: Village Schools and Extended Services This is listed at the National Archives as A Capacity report for the Commission for Rural Communities and emphasises the important lifelines that extended services provide to more remote residential areas. (Please scroll down the National Archive page to find the document).
Rural Schools Report: Village schools - what future? Have a look at some case studies gathered by the Eastern Leadership Centre and the Department for Education (formerly DCSF), showing how executive headships, federations and trusts can strengthen leadership and improve learning opportunities for pupils. Wider-based school communities could also increase efficiency and improve the long-term viability of small schools.
Commission for Rural Communities An independent body tackling rural disadvantage offering expert advice.
Countryside alliances Village schools in areas where school rolls are falling are faced with closure - but partnership working, particularly in delivering extended services, could offer a way ahead.
Island hopping Five Islands School, in the Scilly Isles, has found innovative ways to ensure every family has access to its extended services.
Coves.org.uk An example of an extended services website offering information to parents and children living within in cluster of villages.
The following list of documents, relevant to extra-curricular and extended services in rural areas, can be found at this link at the National Archives website
State of the countryside update: Market towns: state of the countryside update report focusing on Market Towns.
Report of the Rural Champions Project: final report of the Rural Champions Project and related appendices.
Big Society: Alive and well in rural areas: A selection of case studies which illustrate that
Rural Economies Intelligence Report – Rural Housing: report looking at the impact of the recession in rural areas, specifically rural housing.
10 Big Numbers 2010: brings together a set of indicators covering a range of factors affecting fundamental aspects of living and working in rural areas.
Summary of the CRC/ERSA ‘Employment and Employability support in rural areas’
Losing your job in rural England: Summary report focusing on losing your job in rural England.
Poverty amongst farming households: Achieving sustainable livelihoods: a report which identifies the root causes of poverty amongst farming households and sets out what the government needs to do to recognise and address the situation.
Commissioning Children’s Centres: a rural perspective: a short guide focusing on families with young children in rural areas and the implications for Children’s Centre commissioning and delivery
Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into Localism
Rural Experience legacy report: a report to assess how successful the Rural Experience programme has been.
State of the countryside update: report focusing on the most sparsely populated areas of England in terms of their social, economic and environmental state and how these areas differ from other parts of country.
Small Schools, Big Communities: Village Schools and Extended Services: report highlighting the importance of the extended services agenda for children and families living in rural areas.
Economic conditions for organisations contributing to the Big Society in rural England: a report looking at how the Big Society is perceived by civil society organisations in rural England and their economic conditions in the current financial climate.
Child in the countryside: a challenging reality: information sheet aiming to extend and develop our understanding of the statistical picture of children and young people in rural England.
Understanding the real depth and impact of fuel poverty in rural England
Being a young carer in rural England: a summary report produced as part of Major Life Events focusing on being a young carer in rural England.