The Impact and Importance of Study Support - Out of School Hours - Out of School Hours Learning - The London borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Out of School Hours
The Impact and Importance of Study Support

The annual programme of Out of School Hours Learning activities should be compiled as an integral part of the school development plan.

Government research reports on the impacts of study support and out of school hours learning have found firm evidence that pupils who participate do better than would have been expected from baseline measures in academic attainment, social and behavioural skills, attitude to school and attendance.

All participating students benefit from study support provision especially those from minority ethnic communities.

At secondary level, evidence has shown positive indirect and cumulative effects as students’ attitudes to school improve as a result of participation in sports and aesthetic activities; this is significant for those students disadvantaged socially and economically and others who are at risk of
Becoming disaffected educationally.

Why Study Support is effective

'Study support is effective because of its ethos. Voluntary attendance by students and staff creates a set of relationships and a climate that encourages learning. Through experiencing success in leisure pursuits or through new ways of learning, students move towards becoming self regulated learners'

(Research report No. 273. The Impact of Study Support)

Study support can help to improve schools and influence the attitudes to learning of teachers and parents as well as students, while also giving the opportunity to build partnerships between schools and the local community.

Projects can involve working with local museums, theatre workshops and dance programmes; the emphasis being placed on achieving high rates of participation by offering a programme of activities designed to appeal to a wide audience of students.

Studies have found that those schools that achieved higher participation paid attention to accessibility and breadth of provision and were more likely to invest in marketing and promoting activities, together with supporting and responding to students’ needs and wishes.

Students should have a sense of 'ownership' and be given the opportunity to engage fully in the promotion of new ideas, reporting upon the success of each activity.

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Contact
Vicky Johnston-Messore
Out of School Hours Learning Co-ordinator
1st floor Morline House
160 London Road
Barking IG11 8BB
Tel: 0208 227 5065
Email: vicky.johnston-messore@lbbd.gov.uk |

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