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5 hour Children and Young People’s Sports Offer: ‘Extending Activity’ ‘A Children’s Plan for Sport’

Tracey Francis

Mar 2008

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PESSCL PSA Targets – Where we are now.

• “Enhance the take-up of sporting opportunities by five- to sixteen-year-olds by increasing the percentage of school children who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum from 25% in 2002 to 75% in 2006 and 85% by 2008”

• PSA for 2006 was 80% nationally

• PSA for 2007 was 86% nationally

• Within Every Child Matters is the ambition of offering all children at least 4 hours of sport every week, comprised of at least 2 hours high quality PE and school sport with the opportunity for at least a further 2-3 hours beyond the school day (delivered by a range of school, community and club providers).

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Gifted & TalentedGifted & Talented

Talented young sports people better supported in

the education system

Network of Sports Network of Sports Colleges and Colleges and School Sport School Sport PartnershipsPartnerships

Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Teachers more confident in delivery of high quality PE

to young people

School Club LinksSchool Club Links

More young people moving from school based sports to

club sports

Step Into SportStep Into Sport

More young people actively involved in sports

volunteering

SwimmingSwimming

More children able to swim confidently

QCA PE and Sport QCA PE and Sport Investigation Investigation

P.E. School Sport Club Links – ‘PESSCL’

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The New PSA Context – Moving forward• Fairness & Opportunities for All

PSA 12 – Improve the health and wellbeing of Children and Young People.

• Stronger Communities & better quality of lifePSA 22 – Deliver a successful Olympic games and paralympic games with a

sustainable legacy and get more children and young people taking part in high quality P.E. and sport.

• PSA 14 – Increase the number of children and young people on the path to success.

For 5-16 year olds the offer will be made up of 2 hours high quality PE and 3 hours of sport beyond the curriculum delivered through a range of school, community and club providers.

The additional funding for the first time formally extends the reach of the strategy to16-19 year olds. For this age group the offer is 3 hours of sport, rather than 5, unlessthey are studying sport.

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A mandate for Change • National Indicators & improvement targets:-

NI 57 – Children and Young People participation in high-quality PE and sport

NI 6 - Participation in regular volunteeringNI 110 – Young Peoples participation in Positive ActivitiesNI 88 – Number of Extended Schools

• Service Transformation Agreement / Departmental Strategic ObjectivesDCSF / DSO – Secure the well-being and health of children and young

people.

• Every Child Matters

• London 2012

• Opportunity? If we connect the Delivery System for Community Sport / 5hr offer with

the local priorities identified by Local Area Agreements / Sustainable Community Strategy then we can position to ‘protect’ existing investment and lobby to increase resources and achieve true sustainability

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The Children’s Plan‘Building a Brighter Future’ - Our commitment to Children & Young People

Places to go…….

Outdoor space and a healthy lifestyle

……and things to do

Lots more opportunities

Education & Training

Changing the way you are taught

Helping you stay in education or training to 18

Give you more choices

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The Children’s Fund

• Children’s Fund – Extension agreed 2008 – 2011 – Local Authorities will be allocated £132m.

• From April 2008 – mainstreamed through Children’s Trust arrangements, through area based grants.

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Extending Activity – the mission!• £36m for 0811 period

• 900,000 children and young people from the ‘semi sporty’(50% of Young People) types taking up 5 hour offer (2 hrs in school + upto 3hrs in the community)

• Pinch points/priorities at KS2/3 (10-11 yr olds) transition and 14 to 19 age range

• Term Time High Quality Sports Activities designed to stimulate and increase take up and sustain participation

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Extending Activities: the aims

• to contribute to this Government target and to complement aspects of the National Curriculum and the Every Child Matters Agenda

• to hear what children and young people want and to deliver these activities through clubs and organisations within your delivery area

• to communicate with these young people through the County Sport Partnership delivery system and sign post them to a high quality, positive activity.

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A real commitment to funding

County Sports Partnerhsip Area

Capacity & Delivery Funding

Participation

Derbyshire £868,000 22,230 new youngpeople participatingin plus 3 hours

Leicestershire & Rutland £868,000 22,230 new young people participatingin plus 3 hours

Northamptonshire £382,650 9,570 new young people participatingin plus 3 hours

Lincolnshire £601,166 15,312 new young people participatingin plus 3 hours

Nottinghamshire £674,006 17,226 new young people participatingin plus 3 hours

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Embedding sport into the Children’s Plan – ‘A Children’s Plan for Sport’

It connects young people taking part and local deliverers with policymakers and investors in a simple and coordinated way

Providing:-

• One system for sport & physical activity • Clear roles• An evidence based approach• Robust performance management• A bottom up, top down planning mechanism • Resources that are placed where they can have the biggest impact.

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Links to other programmes?

• Extending Activities workstrand will also help County Sports Partnerships to join up different programmes and funding streams

• A real opportunity for one, cohesive plan for Children

and Young People in the community

• Opportunity to connect with the local priorities identified by

Local Area Agreements / Sustainable Community Strategies:

• protect existing investment • lobby to increase resources • achieve true sustainability

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Systematic Reform 2008 - 2011

• Starting point – Term Time Action Plans

• Leicestershire & Derbyshire go live April 1st 2008

• Lincs/Notts/Northants Sept 1st 2008

Starting the process:-

• Which Ideas/Aspects of the Children’s Plan for Sport translate to your work Area ?

• How will you move this area of work forward ?

• What support do you need to do so?