Essential Characteristics of a Community School

• A focus on the needs of all the pupils at the school
• Engagement with families
• Engagement with the wider community
• Integrated provision of school education, informal as well as formal education, social work and health education and promotion services
• Integrated management
• Arrangements for the delivery of services according to a set of integrated objectives and measurable outcomes
• Commitment and leadership
• Multidisciplinary training and staff development