UK Structure

School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE and sport opportunities for all young people. A typical partnership consists of:A partnership development manager (PDM); up to eight school sport co-coordinators (SSCos); 45 primary and special school link teachers (PLTs).A PDM is a full-time role usually based within a Sports College. They manage the SSP and develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community.An SSCo is based in a secondary school and concentrates on improving school sport opportunities, including out of hours school learning, intra and inter-school competition and club links, across a family of schools.
PLTs are based in primary and special schools and aim to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport in their own schools.For more information on the School Sport Structure including the aims, roles and responsibilities, follow the link.

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East London Context:
PRO-ACTIVE East London have a school sport section on their website. There are 16 school sport partnerships in East London. To access details on partnership websites, please use this document.

Pro-Active East London PDMs and Web addresses

ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR PDM’s 2007/08

PDM Essential information pack

The Youth Sport Trust is a registered charity, established in 1994 who's mission is to build a brighter future for young people by enhancing the quality of their physical education (PE) and sporting opportunities.

They want to increase young people’s participation and enjoyment of PE and school sport.
They want young people to have the chance to experience and enjoy different types of activity at whatever level is right for them.
They want to ensure youngsters receive the best teaching, coaching and resources possible and have the chance to progress if they show talent.
They want to help our young people to live healthy and active lives and to be the best they can be.

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PESSYP

The PESSCL Strategy is now the PE & Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) often referred to as the 5 Hour Offer.  By 2011 the ambition outlined in the Strategy is to offer all children at least 5 hours of sport every week, comprising:
At least 2 hours high quality PE in the curriculum (5-16 year olds). The opportunity for at least a further 3 hours sport beyond the school day delivered by a range of school, community and club providers (5-19 yr olds).
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PE and Sport Strategy leaflet

-PESSYP Survey

Each year the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) conduct a survey among all schools involved in the School Sport Partnership programme. 
The purpose of this survey is to help schools, school sports partnerships and the Government evaluate progress towards meeting the aims of the PE and Sport Strategy for Young People.   The results of the survey will help to show the difference the School Sport Partnerships programme is making and help to secure continued funding. More information..The following survey guides help user understand this survey and collect data.

-PESSYP Survey Guides

1. TNS Guide to the PESSYP Survey

This TNS guide for school, helps users understand more about how the survey works.

TNS school guide to the Survey

2. Primary/Secondary Record Sheet

A record sheet to help teachers collect data

Record sheet_primary

Record sheet_secondary

3. A PESSYP survey guide for FESCOs

A PESSYP survey guide for Further Education Sports Coordinators

FESco guide to the survey

4. The PESSYP Survey (2008/09)

A copy of the 2008/2009 PESSYP survey

2008/2009 PESSYP Survey

-PESSYP Results

2006/07 school Sport survey-National Results	2007/8 School Sport Survey-National Results
East London PESSYP Results 2006/2007	East London PESSYP Results 2007/2008
East London PESSYP Results 2005/2006

School Club Links

The Club Links programme is a fundamental part of the Government’s National School Sport Strategy. Its purpose is to strengthen the links between schools and local sports clubs and, in so doing, increase the number of children and young people who become members of accredited sports clubs. Strengthening the links between clubs and schools will help to create a culture of participation from a young age.

Resources

1. Active Surrey

ACTIVE Surrey have developed an effective school club links toolkit which can be accessed here.www.activesurrey.com/content-2132

2. Club Mark and School Club Links:A Clubmark agreement between schools and clubs

Clubmark/clublink Agreement

 

3. Recognising and achieving effective links between schools and sports clubs (2006)

School Clublinks

 

Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is the largest single capital investment programme in schools in England for more than 50 years and has the aim of ensuring world class learning environments which will support current and future generations of young people in achieving their full potential. It began in 2005/06 and will see virtually all of England’s 3,500 secondary schools rebuilt or substantially refurbished in 15 waves of investment (subject to futuregovernment spending decisions). The programme is part of a wider capital strategy within theDepartment for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) that will see total capital investment in schools in England increase from £6.4 billion in 2007/08 to £8.2billion in 2010/11. Read more..

In July 2006, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) was commissioned by DCSF to conduct an independent longitudinal evaluation of the BSF programme. The overall aim of this evaluation is to measure the educational impact of BSF capital investment in secondary schools in England, and to identify best practice in delivery.

2nd Annual report,Dec 2008

In Your Borough

Information about "Building Schools for the Future(BSF)" in your Borough could be acessed from the links below.

Sports Search

Sports Search is a unique online system that helps 11-17 year olds to explore their preferences and physical aptitude for well over 130 sports and physical activities before providing clear sign posts to local clubs where he/she can pursue any choices made, encouraging a healthier lifestyle and lifelong participation. Numerous East London schools have piloted the system. More information

Using Sport search:This guide will assist teachers when using the Sports Search programme

How to use Sport search

Results

East London Sports Search Preliminary Results 2008/2009

Pro-Active East London have been piloting a school sports programme called Sports Search. Pupils have had the chance to undertake a survey, the results from which being used to establish participation trends from across the sub region. All those children registering data had the chance to browse a local club directory and print out a personalised report. 6535 children between years 6 and 9 have completed the Sports Search survey. Headline findings include:

• 10% of boys and 7% of girls play in a school sports team.

• 15% of girls and 14% of boys attend school clubs.

• 12% of boys and 8% of girls attend clubs outside of school.

• 51% of boys and 28% of girls achieve the 5 hour offer.

The existing school sports clubs which attracted the most participants were football, cricket, basketball then badminton. Table tennis, trampolining, swimming, netball and dance also featured.
The programme is free to use for schools up until the end of the 2008/09 school year.

 

Sports Search Results 2008

Comprehensive Sports search data

Paper

Tower Hamlets' Report 2007/08 In January 2007, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets used NRF funding* to invest in the Sports Search programme, a school club links performance and participation initiative. One year and seven months later, the programme has become established within the curriculum for 14 secondary schools (predominantly year 7) and 6 primary schools. NRF funding has now expired and the Sports Search post at Tower Hamlets has been deleted from the payroll. However, the programme has reached its long term goal, to become self sustainable. The product itself has also evolved with the development of a more relevant questionnaire and easy, online access to pupil and school reports. Tower Hamlets’ Sports Search School licenses have been renewed for the 2008/09 school year. The data and analysis presented in this report and also in the individual schools’ dossiers offers valuable physical and attitudinal information which will enable PE staff and sports development professionals to compare results against last year’s findings, learn about local performance and participation trends, and base key decisions upon them. Amongst the physical data, significant findings include an increase of 4% in the level of “overweight” Borough girls and boys, whilst the levels of obesity remained the same at 10% and 11% respectively. 48% of boys recorded a very poor VO2 max level compared to 63% last year, and the whilst the girls’ “very poor” percentage rose from 26% to 30%, the percentage of “superior” pupils rose from 3% to 6%. Comparative analysis on participation trends has been hard to gauge as a result of the Sports Search product system upgrade. However, the new data has revealed that 59% of the boys assessed attend school clubs compared to 29% of girls and while 43% of the boys indicated that they play out of school, club sport, only 13% of the girls concurred. 24% of boys and 18% of girls achieved the 5 hour offer.

Tower Hamlets' Sports Search Report

 

PRO-ACTIVE South London Survey

The PRO-ACTIVE South London School Sport Survey was conducted in September 2008. Nearly 27,000 secondary school and college pupils aged 11 - 19 took part in the survey.

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OFSTED 

1. School Sport Partnership: A survey of good practice, 2006

Ofsted has evaluated the government’s Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) strategy since 2003. In 2005/06, HMI visited 15 primary schools and 12 secondary schools in 16 school sport partnerships.  This small-scale survey was designed to identify good practice and to help partnerships, schools and clubs to analyse their provision.

A Survey of good practice,2006

2.The Physical Education,School Sport and Clublink Strategy: The school sport partnerships programme support for gifted and talented pupils in physical  education, July 2005

The report evaluates the impact of the national strategy for Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) which is run by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The overall objective of the strategy, a Public Service Agreement target held jointly by the two departments, is to increase the percentage of 5- to 16-year-old school children in England who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality physical education (PE) and school sport within and beyond the curriculum to 75% by 2006 and to 85% by 2008.

Ofsted PESSCL Report

Muslim Council of Britain

This information and guidance for schools draws from and builds on guidance documents already in existence. In the development and writing stage headteachers of state schools, local authorities, Muslim organisations as well as various specialists have been consulted for their views and comments.

Meeting the needs of Muslims pupils in the state schools

Useful Links

Teachernet: www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/subjects/pe

School Sports Magazine: www.schoolsportmag.co.uk

PESS: www.qca.org.uk/qca_14057.aspx