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Every Child Matters: how school leaders in extended schools respond to local needs - summary

Author: Kendall, Sally; Lamont, Emily; Wilkin, Anne; Kinder, Kay
Subject: Leading extended provision
Audience: Headteachers, Middle leaders and aspiring headteachers, Early years leaders, Children's services leaders
Date of publication: June 2007   |   File format and size: PDF, 824 Kb

This summary research report presents the findings of a study into how leaders of extended schools in different areas have interpreted Every Child Matters (ECM) and adapted it to their own context. It considers whether the socio-economic level of the local community has an impact on the school's response to ECM.

Six extended schools (two primaries, three secondaries and one special school) were selected for in-depth case-study work. One of the schools had a children's centre on-site and one of them operated within a cluster of schools.

The key findings and implications for leadership are broken down topically in this summary:

  • Alignment of ECM, extended schools and standard agendas
  • Factors affecting approaches to extended schools and ECM
  • Responses to local needs and the impact of socio-economic factors
  • Interpreting and contextualising ECM: challenges and support

A full version of this report is also available.