The government set up the PE School Sport and Club
Links strategy to increase and the take up of sporting
opportunities by 5-16 year olds. The PESSCL
programme aims to strengthen links between schools
and local sports clubs.
PESSYP
The new PE and School Sport Strategy (PESSYP) expresses the
commitment to improve the quantity and quality of PE and Sport
undertaken by young people aged 5-19 in England. PESSYP builds
on the success of the PESSCL strategy for 5-16 year olds.
Sport England
This organisation believes sport has the power to change
people's lives. Sport England is committed to creating
opportunities for people to start, stay and succeed in sport.
START: increase participation in
sport in order to improve the health
of the nation, with a focus on
priority groups
STAY: retaining people in sport
in order to improve the health
of the nation, with a focus on
priority groups
SUCCEED: creating opportunities for
talented performers to achieve success
YOUTH SPORT TRUST
This is aimed at encouraging students in the 14-16 age
group to organise and manage sports activities and
dance festivals in local primary and secondary schools.
Students who are taking GCSE PE or who have taken
awards in, for example, sports leadership are offered
the opportunity to put their leadership skills to good
use. their experience as a leader or official may even
count towards a GCSE.
SCHOOL SPORTS PARTNERSHIP
School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE
and sporting opportunities for all young people. At the hub of the partnership is
Stanground College, a Specialist Sports College.
ACTIVE KIDS PROGRAMME
Various supermarkets and other enterprises run voucher programmes in
which vouchers collected by parents can be used by the schools to buy
sporting and other equipment. One examples is ACTIVE KIDS run by
Sainsburys