Closing the Education Gap through Out-of school care
- June 2017
Closing the Education Gap through out-of school care
Promote childrens' confidence, independent thinking and positive attitudes and dispositions
Principles met
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Learning
We will capture and ‘expand’ the experience and learning from individual projects and approaches in order to encourage broader application of co-operative principles within individual member Councils and across the Network. -
New models of meeting priority needs
In exploring new ways of meeting the priority needs of our communities we will encourage models, such as co-operatives and mutuals, which give greater influence and voice to staff and users. in designing and commissioning public services and in determining the use of public resources.
About the project
Closing the Attainment Gap through Out of School Care Funding provided by the Co-operative Councils’ Innovation Network supported the City of Edinburgh Council Early Years Team to work co-operatively with Third Sector Organisation – Lothian Association of Youth Clubs and eight ‘not for profit’ out of school care providers across Edinburgh. We aim to contribute to closing the attainment gap associated with poverty in Scotland, by developing staff training, which will contribute to raising attainment levels in our most vulnerable children attending out of school care settings. Staff training needs were initially identified through an audit of out of school care providers and through discussion with managers of ‘not for profit’ out of school care provision. Practitioners attended training sessions that reinforced Curriculum for Excellence, Health and Wellbeing – Experiences and Outcomes
Contact
Christine McKechnie
City of Edinburgh Council
Trevor Ingham
Liverpool City Council
