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Extended services
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It is expected that all schools will offer access to a core
offer of extended services by 2010. Whether the services are on the
school site or in a nearby club, managed by the school or a
voluntary sector or private organisation, young children and those
as old as 14 (17 if they have a disability) are likely to spend
considerable time there. Extended services can help young people to
gain new skills and build confidence and resilience. But extended
activities can be vulnerable to bullying taking place, especially
where children and young people perceive that they are in a
less-supervised setting in which to carry on bullying which has
started during normal school hours. A few children can find they
are always left out or never picked as a partner in games. Others
are deliberately victimised. If permitted to continue, these
situations can send a message to the group that bullying is
acceptable.
Children and young people in extended services who were
consulted for this guidance confirmed that bullying can follow
victims in and out of school, including to after schools clubs and
areas around the periphery of schools such as the school gates. The
site most commonly mentioned was in the street, where children may
be waiting for buses or to move onto another site. Many of the
children and young people we spoke to had experienced name calling,
some of which involved the use of racist or homophobic
comments.