This project delivered an evaluation of the impact of the Extended School activities (particularly on the local area of East Brighton) over the first fifteen months of operation and a progressive training programme to parents, residents and community groups to enable the evaluation to be carried on with minimal consultancy support from the University of Brighton.

Falmer High School, which serves a particularly deprived community, was chosen to pilot the Extended School Programme. The Extended School Programme was a government initiative that aimed to enable one school in every local education authority to provide services over and above delivery of the formal education curriculum. These services included childcare, health and social care, lifelong learning opportunities, family learning, parenting support, study support, sports and arts, and ICT access.

Project Outline

The school identified that they would need expert help to establish an ongoing evaluation process that fully involves the school and local community. This Community Knowledge Exchange project delivered an evaluation of the impact of the Extended School activities (particularly on the local area of East Brighton) over the first fifteen months of operation and a progressive training programme to parents, residents and community groups that has enabled the evaluation to be carried on with minimal consultancy support from the University of Brighton.