School Sport Co-Ordinator Programme

Contents

Background
Local Impact 
Key Work Areas for the Programme 
How will the SSCo Partnership operate? 
Phase 1 Roll Out – September 2004 
Phase 2/3 Roll Out – September 2005/6

Background

In April 2000, the Government published its sports strategy A Sporting Future for All. One of the strategy’s key actions at the time was to establish in excess of 600 School Sport Co-ordinator (SSCo) Partnerships in communities of greatest need. In October 2002 the Government announced the significant investment of £459 million into physical education (PE) and school sport over the next three years. These proposals include the expansion of SSCo Partnerships to include 2,400 SSCos and 13,500 primary link teachers (PLTs) by 2006.

The purpose of the programme is to increase sports opportunities for more young people through co-ordinated PE, school sport and out-of-school-hours learning activities that link with local community sports facilities and development programmes.

Local Impact

In September 2004 the first SSCo programmes in Warwickshire will begin to roll out in the Northern, Eastern & Central Areas, based at the relevant sports college. Warwickshire has adopted a county wide approach for the programme, electing to wait until Phase 8 of the programme to ensure that the majority of the county can begin roll out at the same time. The Southern area is due to commence in September 2005.

The partnership covering Nuneaton, Bedworth & North Warwickshire will be based around Alderman Smith School & Sports College. Sarah Warrington was appointed as PDM in April 2004 to develop the partnership and then oversee the work of the programme. Sarah will work closely with the SSCos who will be experienced PE teachers, who in turn will work with partner primary, junior and infant schools within their families of schools.

Key work areas for the programme

1. Strategic planning: to enhance PE and sports development for the school through the school development plan.
2. Primary liaison: to establish and develop linked PE and sports development programmes for local schools, particularly targeting the KS2/3 interface.
3. School to community: to build and support school/club links.
4. Out-of-school-hours activities: to develop and support out-of-school-hours sport programmes with local clubs, NGBs, school sport associations and sports development officers. Inter-school competitions will be a feature of this objective. This will link closely with the DfES out-of-school-hours learning (study support) objectives.
5. Coaching and leadership: to develop leadership, coaching and officiating programmes for senior students to gain appropriate skills and qualifications to enhance their future role within the sporting community.
6. Raising standards: to support schools in reviewing current PE and sport programmes and the role they play in raising standards across the school.

It is hoped that the SSCo Programme will help each partner school to:

• enhance PE and school sport provision, ensuring access of all young people to at least two hours high quality PE and school sport in and out of the curriculum a week.
• improve young peoples’ motivation and attitude resulting in an increase in their achievement in all aspects of their school life.
• improve the standard of performance by children across a range of sports.
• increase the number of qualified and active coaches, leaders and officials in schools and local sports clubs and facilities.
• increase participation among school children, particularly by girls and disabled young people and those in areas of particular socio-economic disadvantage.

How will the SSCo Partnership operate?

• Partnership Development Manager based at Alderman Smith School & Sports College.
• School Sport Co-ordinators teachers based at local secondary schools who will be released two days a week to work with their feeder primary/junior & infant schools
• Primary Link Teachers One in each of the primary, junior, infant and special schools released on average for 12 days a year.

Partnership Development Manager diagram

Phase 1 Roll Out – September 2004

Alderman Smith School and Sports College
Gun Hill Infant School
Stockingford Infant School
Croft Junior School
Herbert Fowler Junior School
Stockingford Junior School
Park Lane Primary School
St Paul's Primary School

Exhall Grange School
Blythe School
Leyland School
Sparrowdale School
The Griff School

George Eliot Community School
Arden Forest Infant School
Whitestone Infant School
Chetwynd Junior School
St James Junior School
All Saints C of E Primary School

Hartshill School
Galley Common Infant School
Nathaniel Newton Infant School
Michael Drayton Junior School
Nursery Hill Primary School

Kingsbury Comprehensive School
Kingsbury Infant School
Kingsbury Junior School
Hurley Primary School
Wood End Primary School

Queen Elizabeth School
Arden Hill Infant School
Oakfield Junior School
Atherstone Nursery School
Racemeadow Primary School
Woodside C of E Primary School

St Thomas More Catholic School
Our Lady Of The Angels Catholic Infant School
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
St Francis Catholic Primary School

Phase 2/3 Roll Out – September 2005/6

Ash Green School
Exhall Cedars Infant School
St Giles Junior School
Bedworth Heath Nursery School
Bournebrook C of E Primary School
Goodyers End Primary School
Keresley Newland Primary School
Newdigate Primary School
Wheelwright Lane Primary School

Coleshill School
High Meadow Infant School
Coleshill C of E Primary School
Curdworth Primary School
Shustoke C of E Primary School
St Edward's Catholic Primary School
Water Orton Primary School

Etone Community School and Technology College
Chilvers Coton Community Infant School
Middlemarch School
Wembrook Primary School

Higham Lane SchoolMilby Primary School
St Nicholas C of E (VA) Primary School
Weddington Primary School

Manor Park Community School
Abbey C of E Infant School
Glendale Infant School
Queen's C of E Junior School
Camp Hill Primary School

Nicholas Chamberlaine Comprehensive School
All Saints C of E Infant School
Bedworth Bulkington Road Nursery School
Cannon Evans C of E Infant School
Canon Maggs C of E Junior School
Race Leys Infant School
Race Leys Junior School
St Michael’s C of E Primary School
Wolvey C of E Primary School

Polesworth High School
Austrey C of E Primary School
Birchwood Primary School
Dordon Community Primary School
Newton Regis C of E Primary School
The Nethersole C of E Primary School
Warton Nethersole C of E Primary School

N&B Leisure Trust and its Sports Development Team will be a key link locally to the development of the changes in structure to school sport in Northern Warwickshire. The Sports Development Team will be a key support in helping the Partnership develop in its key areas of work.

For further information contact:
Sarah Warrington Partnership Development Manager
Northern Warwickshire
Tel: 024 7634 1134