Core offer

The Government has identified a core set of extended services which it expects to see available in individual schools, across a cluster of local schools or in partnership with other providers.

The core offer comprises:

Quality 'wraparound' childcare provided on the school site or through other local providers, which will be available 8am-6pm all year round
A varied menu of activities to be on offer, such as homework clubs and study support, sport or music tuition
Parenting support
Swift and easy access to a wide range of specialist support services
Provision of wider community access to ICT, sports and arts facilities, including adult learning

Schools are not expected to deliver all these services in isolation, effective signposting to services is a way of delivering these aspects of the core offer.

'Services at the heart of the community to improve children's outcomes in Salford'