Teaching Methods
Teachers and school staff will also benefit from being able to easily access services such as healthcare and childcare during their working day.
Schools in the future will therefore embrace a wide range of users including:
• Pre-school children - for childcare, playgroup or creche;
• Parents involved in school life or attending family related courses;
• Adults (including parents) and children using school facilities for educational, and recreational purposes, and to access services such as health care;
• Adults giving support to pupils through classroom support or mentoring;
• Local employers using school facilities for training.

Arrangements for sharing the school's accommodation will vary greatly depending on such factors as location, school size and age range. Good transport links and appropriate accommodation will also be important. While some schools may not at present feel able to open up to the community during the school day, most schools in the future are likely to have at least some facilities open to the whole community from early morning to late evening, throughout the year. DfEE guidance

Raising Standards: Opening Doors has useful advice on community use. DfES will be publishing further guidance on how to develop community services in schools, to accompany the new legislation.

Increased breadth and flexibility
A pupil's learning experience is going to be less and less restricted to their school base and the traditional school timetable. Many pupils are already studying before and after school, at lunch times, weekends and during the summer holidays (for example at homework clubs or courses for gifted and talented children). Pupils are also going beyond the school to other learning centres such as museums and galleries, or gaining real workplace experience. In the future there is likely to be greater movement between schools as each school is encouraged to develop a speciality.