Projects - School Sports Partnership

What is the School Sports Partnership?

  

In September 2006 Frome Community Learning
Partnership joined the South East Somerset School
Sports Partnership. School Sports Partnerships (SSPs) are
a key part of the Government’s National School Sport Strategy to provide more and better physical education (PE) and sporting opportunities for young people.

There are now over 400 SSPs across the country, giving 2.5 million young people the opportunity to have a better sporting future. 3200 School Sport Co-ordinators and 18000 Primary Link Teachers are in place across the country each working with a family of primary, special or secondary schools to improve sports provision in their own community.

By working with other local partners, they will be able to support PE teachers and bring qualified coaches into schools. Through this work they will be able to improve extra-curricular provision, provide links to specialist Sports Colleges, sports clubs and national governing bodies, and put in place competitive sports programmes within and between schools. All of this will make a huge difference to the lives of young people.

South East Somerset SSP comprises 115 schools in total with 15 School Sports Coordinators based at Middle and Secondary Schools. The Partnership is one of the largest in the country and extends from Chard to Frome and now has over 85% of its pupils accessing 2 hours or more PE and Sport per week.

In July 2007 the Prime Minister announced the investment of an additional £100m for the National School Sport Strategy, in order to further increase the number of children and young people aged 5-19 participating in PE and sport to 5 hours per week. The offer will be made up of: 2 hours of high quality curriculum physical education and 3 hours of sport beyond the curriculum delivered through a range of school, community and club providers.

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PE and School Sports in Frome

Lucy Gardner and Anna Pullen are the School Sports Coordinators for Frome and are working towards the key aims of the PESSCL Strategy in Partnership with Frome Schools.

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Key Developments

• Inter School Festivals for Year 1 to 8     
  

• Intra School Competition
  

• Daily Physical Activity through Take 10
  

• Leadership Awards
  

• Greater participation in out of school hours activities funded by the Big Lottery Fund
  

• Curriculum support and training for non-specialists
  

• Improved policies and schemes of work
  

• Meeting the Government requirement of 2 hours of PE per week
  

• Gifted and Talented support
  

• Schools awarded Active and Sportsmark
  
  

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Contact and Informaton

 

For more information visit our website at www.sesomersetssco.co.uk

Contacts

Lucy Gardner                                                                       
School Sports Coordinator
Frome College and Selwood Middle School

Email: LGardner@educ.somerset.gov.uk
Tel: 01373 469045

Mobile: 07823 537351

Anna Pullen

School Sports Coordinator               

Oakfield Middle School

Email: APullen@educ.somerset.gov.uk

Tel: 01373 462539

South East Somerset School Sport Co-ordinators Partnership
King Arthur’s Community School
West Hill
Wincanton
Somerset
BA9 9BX
Tel: 01963 34396
Fax: 01963 33735

Partnership Development Manager: Rob Treacher
E-mail: robtreacher@sesomersetssco.co.uk 
Mobile: 07919 540796

Assistant Partnership Development Manager: Emma Mattocks
E-mail: emmamattocks@sesomersetssco.co.uk
Mobile: 07825 054668