Copley Primary School supports the Extended Schools Initiative and is working hard to provide a wide range of services to meet the needs of our pupils, their families and our local community. Activities include holiday clubs, after school clubs, information sessions and family learning programmes.

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For more information or if you have any ideas about what you would like to see us offer or any comments, please contact Mrs Hendy, Extended Schools Co-ordinator.

The Government’s Extended Schools initiative has a key role in helping to achieve the goals set out in their report, ‘Every Child Matters.’ A recent Ofsted survey found: “The majority of the schools visited had compelling case study evidence that extended services had made life-changing differences to pupils that had led to better attendance and attitudes.”

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The core offer of extended services is made up of five elements:

• childcare (in primary and special schools)

• beyond school hours activities including study support, sport and music clubs

• referral to a wide range of specialist support services

• parenting support including family learning

• wider community access to facilities including ICT, sports and arts facilities, including adult learning.

Click Here to read the Training and Development Agency for Schools report ‘Extended schools – an overview.’

School Clubs

The school is proud of the range of extra curricular activities it provides. Examples of these are: Multisports, art, karate, football, bushcraft, mindfulness, lego creations and kitchen science.

Some clubs are run by our own staff and we recruit external agencies to provide more specialist knowledge and training in other areas.