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 School clubs are an important component of a child's education since they go beyond the academic and allow pupils to dabble in areas of interest outside of the curriculum while also developing personal and technical skills that they may not have had otherwise. Michael Ledzion, founder and CEO of the social businesses Sports for Schools and Clubs for Schools, explains the advantages of clubs and how schools should ensure they have an appealing offering for parents and kids. According to research commissioned by Clubs for Schools, one-third of parents would consider moving their children to another school if they felt the provision of extra-curricular activities and after-school clubs was insufficient – that equates to approximately 100 families in a typical 2-form entry school making decisions based on extra-curricular clubs. While Ofsted's 2016 framework places a greater focus on extra-curricular activities, there is little or no uniformity among schools — it varies from no pr...