Welcome to the Learning Exchange Library
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Library contents: overview
Key policies and research Documents and links to information about key education policy documents and links to research and useful advice.
Extra-curricular activities Documents and links to information about extra-curricular good practice; Play; Intergenerational learning/adult learning; Personalised learning; Holiday activities; Early years ; Marketing and communicating extra-curricular activities
Extended services: embedding principles Documents and links to information about Leadership in extended services; Extended services: embedding the principles; Signposting, Swift and easy access to services; Parent support and family learning; School improvement and self-evaluation; Governors' roles in extended services; Governors' Agenda: back issues of this useful magazine; Workforce reform; Specialist schools
Impact: monitoring and evaluation Impact and evaluation tools and resources
Data: collection and use Useful resources about using and managing data
Commissioning Support for effective commissioning
Addressing disadvantage Documents and links to information about Disadvantage: narrowing the gap; Child poverty; Reaching 'hard-to-reach' groups; Rural issues
Attendance and behaviour Resources and information related to improving attendance and behaviour through extra-curricular and extended services.
Raising attainment Resources and information related to raising attainment through extra-curricular and extended services.
Quality Resources and information related to raising and assuring the quality of extra-curricular activities and extended services.
Early intervention Documents and links related to early intervention theory, practice and research.
Inclusion Documents, websites and useful resources related to inclusion of marginalised groups of young people and others that are so-called 'hard-to-reach'.
Communities: cohesion This page lists documents and links about buildin more cohesion in communities, including information on how schools contribute to this.
Participation, engagement Resources and links to advice on student participation and engagement.
Safeguarding Documents and links to information about safeguarding, health and safety issues
Partnership working Documents and links to information about effective partnership working in different ways: Clusters of schools; Multi-agency working; Working with the business and voluntary sectors; Locality working; working with partners in a 'Total Place' context;
Sustainability Documents, links and advice about strategies for sustainable extra-curricular and extended services
Sport, PE, health and well-being Documents, links and advice about sport, PE, health and well-being
SEN children and young people Documents, links and advice about developing extra-curricular activities and extended services that include and suit SEN children and young people
Young people (14 to 19) and NEETs Documents, links and advice about working with young people and young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs)
Looked-after children Documents, links and advice about developing extra-curricular activities and extended services that include and suit looked-after children and young people
Supplementary schools Links to useful information and advice for mainstreams schools that want to work more closely with the supplementary schools in their areas.
Community Focused schools in Wales Community Focused Schools is the name for extended schools in Wales. Links to useful documents and advice at the ContinYou Cymru
Members' documents This page is where the Learning Exchange lists documents that have been contributed by members.



