Community Focused Schools

Schools are often the centre of a community but are sometimes under used in the evenings, on weekends and in the holidays. The Community Focused School initiative encourages schools and local authorities to view their schools as a community resource. In practice this means not only using schools for after schools clubs for children and young people, but also a possible base for additional services such as health, social services, libraries and adult education activities. 

Work undertaken by the WLGA and the Assembly Government under the Narrowing the Gap project showed that a key factor in a successful school is a close relationship with the wider community which the community focus school initiative aims to achieve. Involvement with the community improves the achievement and motivation of a school and benefits the pupils in that school. 

Details on the community focus schools initiative can be found on the Welsh Assembly Government website. www.wales.gov.uk

For more information contact: Daisy Seabourne