School sport partnerships: 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.

The physical education, school sport and club links 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.