The 5 hour Offer
The School Element of the 5 hr offer
The School Sport Partnership
School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are responsible for driving the school element of the 5 hour offer. Their role is to ensure that all 5-16yr olds have access to high quality physical education and sport in a school setting and that all 16-19yr olds have access to high quality sport in a college setting. The Partnership is also responsible for creating the demand for all young people to continue to play sport in a community environment beyond school or college. It should forge meaningful relationships with community providers to ensure that the community sport offer reflects young people’s demands and is appropriate and suitably engaging.
The core make up of the Partnership is the Partnership Development Manager (PDM), working with a team of School Sport Coordinators (SSCos), who in turn works with a team of Primary Link Teachers (PLTs). In addition to these roles Partnerships now have Further Education Sports Coordinators and Competition Managers. These roles have been included to support and expand the Partnership’s work.
Support for the School Sport Partnership
In order for a School Sport Partnership (SSP) to operate effectively there needs to be wider roles and support mechanisms in place. This support should first and foremost come from where the Partnership is based. Beyond this there needs to be wider support and linkage to the Local Authority, the initial focus for this will be the Local Delivery Agency (LDA). However it is also recognised that the work of the School Sport Partnership is further enhanced where there is a strategic lead for Physical Education and Sport across the Local Authority. The remaining pages of this document outline these roles.
It is also important to ensure that the work of the Partnership supports and compliments the work of the Specialist Sports College and vice versa. The key principles are that the Specialist Sports College’s key remit is around attainment and achievement firstly in their own school and then secondly within their partner schools. The Partnership’s key remit is around increasing participation in all schools. Therefore it is important that there is clear local understanding around each other’s role and focus. The role of a Specialist Sports College in the 5 hour offer is to be a focus for excellence, share good practice and support the School Sport Partnership to achieve its outcomes.
Supporting roles at a glance
| The Hub Site | The hub site should ideally be a Specialist Sports College which will provide governance for the School Sport Partnership, advocating physical education and sport across schools, the Local Authority and other agencies. |
| Partnership Management Group | A strategic support group made up of representatives from the Partnership, together with wider partners provide challenge and helps shape strategic vision. |
| The Local Delivery Agency | Local Delivery Agencies could comprise of the LocalAuthority, Higher Education Institutions, Sports College and School Sport Partnerships. They are responsible for the effective local delivery of continued professional development provision in Physical Education and Sport. |
| The Sports College Physical Education Department | Should ensure the provision of high quality physical education for all young people within their school. Support the Partnership by being a focus for excellence and share good practice. |
| Senior Competition Manager | A full time strategic management position responsible for modernising the competition landscape on a county level by increasing inter school competitive opportunities for all young people and ensuring the local implementation of national competition priorities. |
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