School – Club links, Sports
Colleges, SSCo’s & PESSCL
AS-Level PE Theory
AQA
What other factors influence a
student’s experience?
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Aside from the NCPE, there are many organisations
and initiatives which aim to improve the experiences
of young people in sport.
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Organisations include Sport England and the Youth
Sport Trust.
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Initiatives currently in action are the PESSCL
Strategy and the School Sports Co-ordinator
Programme.
School –Club Links, what did you find
out?
DEVELOPING SCHOOL CLUB LINKS
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SOCIAL INCLUSION – Heart of gov plans to
target groups (results of unemployment, poor
skills, low incomes, poor housing, crime, bad
health and family breakdown)
Write down key term P174
“Game plan” strategy to deliver gov sport and
Phys Act objectives
“GAME PLAN”
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2 main objectives
Increase participation = health benefits =
reduce costs of inactivity
Improve national success in competition for
“feel good factor” of public
4 areas to address to achieve this:
“GAME PLAN”
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Grass-roots participation: focus on disadvantaged
groups; women, young, old. Barriers of groups
need to be addressed; time, info, motivation,
facilities, coaches, etc.
High Performance Sport: prioritise funding for sport
at highest level with better elite development
Mega sporting events: cautious approach to
hosting – clear assessment of benefits to cost
Delivery: reform and deciding what works before
funding increases. Public, private and voluntary to
work closer together.
The PESSCL Strategy
(Phys Ed & School Sport Club Links)
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Launched April, 2003.
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£459m is being injected into the strategy.
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Aimed at promoting the delivery of high quality PE &
school sport.
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Overall objective is ‘to increase the percentage of 5-16
year olds who spend a minimum of 2 hours a week on
high quality PE & school sport’ (DCMS, 2004)
How is the PESSCL Strategy being
delivered?
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Through 8 different strands:
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Professional Development
QCA & School Sport Investigation
Gifted & Talented
Step into Sport
Swimming
Club Links
Sports Colleges
School Sport Partnerships
Professional Development
£18m programme, enabling
schools to draw from a range of
free resources such as videos,
workshops, mentoring and
training programmes
QCA & School Sport Investigation
QCA is working with schools to
identify & promote best practice.
An increase in results, attendance &
progress in PE has been noted
Gifted & Talented
Aimed at recognising & developing
young people with sporting talent.
Junior Athlete Education (JAE)
programme set up to support young
athletes.
Sports Colleges involved in staging
Academies to improve fundamental
skills of talented 9-12 year olds
Step into Sport
Aimed at getting young people
involved in leadership &
volunteering roles in sport.
The programme liaises with
LEA’s, NGB’s and sports
partnerships
Swimming
Aimed at promoting and improving the
delivery of swimming in schools. The
scheme provides to LEA’s on how to
deliver swimming lessons effectively
and how to get more children involved
Sports Colleges
Schools which will receive increased
funding for improving facilities &
provision of high quality sports to
children. These schools will act as
symbols of sporting excellence, as well
as act as much needed community
facilities
Club Links
By 2006, the government
hopes to have 20% of 5-16
year olds involved in club
sport on a regular basis. Links
between schools & clubs are
being fostered in order to
promote this scheme
School Sport Partnerships
Families of schools which will receive extra
funding to improve and increase sports
opportunities for all
Sports Colleges
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Write down key terms – P175+176
This programme was set up in 1997 by the Youth
Sports Trust and aims to encourage schools to
specialise in high-quality P.E. and school sport.
Schools apply for the status of sports college, and if
successful, receive government funding to improve
sports facilities and staffing.
Local – Queens, Cavendish Schools
What do sports colleges offer that
‘normal’ schools don’t?
What do School Sports Co-ordinators
(SSCo’s) do? (STU WILLIAMS)
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These individuals are often based at sports colleges.
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It is their job to co-ordinate sporting activities both
inside and outside of school hours across a ‘family’
of schools.
Usually old PE teachers taken off timetable for few
days a week to liaise with partner schools and
ensure delivery of quality PE across key stages 2 to
3.
Formerly know as School Sport Coordinator
programme – now “School sports Partnerships”
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The sports college network
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PDM
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PDM = Partnership
Development
Manager (in a
sports college)
PLT
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PLT =
PLT
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Primary Link
Teacher (in a
primary school)
Active Sports
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Set up by Sport England in 1999.
It’s objectives include:
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A nationwide sports programme with all relevant agencies working
through effective partnerships.
Wider access to sport for all.
Improved retention in organised sport by young people.
Improved performance and talent selection processes.
The Programme is delivered locally through partnerships covering
the whole of England.
Each partnership employs core staff to liaise with local partners (e.g.
local education authorities, NGBs, funding agencies).
The NGBs for each of the ten sports in the Programme (i.e.,
athletics, basketball, cricket, girl’s football, hockey, netball, rugby
league, rugby union, swimming and tennis) developed frameworks
for the development of their sports through which they engage with
the partnerships.
Sports Leaders UK
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Established in Leeds, in 1983.
Aim to increase and improve the level of coaching in the
UK.
Works with Sports Councils across the country, NGBS,
schools, FE & HE institutions, Awarding Bodies and
many more.
Provides a central resource of strategic & technical
expertise, advice & support.
Works with funding agencies to integrate coaching
development into local authorities and sports agencies.
4 qualifications: JSLA, CSLA, HSLA, BELA (page 180)
TOPS Programme
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Gives young people (from 18 months to 18 years) of all
abilities the chance to make the most of the opportunities
within sport & PE.
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TOPS encourages all young people, including those with
disabilities, teenage girls and gifted and talented athletes
to take part in, and do well in sport.
The TOPS Programmes
TOP Tots (18 months-3 years)
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Encourages youngsters to develop communication,
language, co-ordination, communication & social skills.
TOP Start (3 – 5 years)
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Develops basic movement & ball skills.
Encourages the full integration of children with disabilities.
TOP Play (4 – 9 years)
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Provides children with the chance to develop core physical &
movement skills.
The TOPS Programmes
TOP Sport (7 – 11 years)
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Provides children with opportunities to get involved in out-ofschool-hours sport.
TOP Link (14 – 16 years)
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Encourages secondary level students to organise & manage
sports and/or dance festivals in local primary schools.
TOP Sportsability (all years)
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Ensures the integration of disabled & non-disabled people
through a variety of activities.
Whole Sport Plans (WSP’s)
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Aim to develop sports through an organised and
structured approach.
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NGB’s work with Sport England to create a
development plan for their sport over a 4 year
period.
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Measures within the WSP’s include participation,
volunteers, coaches and elite performance.
NGB’s (page 181)
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Each sport has its own NGB which co-ordinates rules, competitions
and officials.
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NGB’s must generate their own funding through advertising,
sponsorship, affiliation fees, donations and home county sports
councils (Sport England etc).
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NGB’s are also responsible for developing and promoting their sport
at local and elite levels.
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This done via increased access, improved coaching and enhanced
facilities.
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Some NGB’s also run taster days to try and encourage people to get
involved in their sport.
Sport England
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Major party in the delivery of the Government’s sporting objectives.
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Also acts as a distributor of Lottery & Exchequer funds to sport.
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Main mission is to make England successful and active as a sporting nation.
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Sport England has invested £2bn into sports in England since 1994.
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Sport England has also created Sport Action Zones in socially and
economically deprived areas.
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These ‘zones’ identify sporting needs, after which action plans are
formulated and implemented to try and improve the quality of sport in those
areas.
Sport England’s primary scheme
Start
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Get people involved in sport in order to improve the health of the
nation.
This is particularly relevant to disadvantaged & under-represented
groups.
Stay
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To ensure people remain in sport.
This area also includes getting new coaches and volunteers
involved & staying involved in sport.
Succeed
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To improve the English infrastructure of elite development.
Sport England hopes to improve England’s success on the world
medal stage through this scheme.
The Youth Sports Trust
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This organisation was established in 1994, and is one of the most
recently formed.
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The primary aim for the YST is to develop sport for young people
aged 18 months to 18 years.
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The YST is the organising body for Sports Colleges.
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Financial support is received from the National Lottery and the
Department of Education & Skills to assist in the funding of projects
such as TOPSPORT and sports colleges.
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Perhaps one of the most valuable projects recently undertaken by
the YST is the Nike Girls into Sport Programme.
HOMEWORK
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Using worksheet and your own research
complete the question – use space provided
on sheet.
It is not about how much you write but be
concise.
10 marks!!!