Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

• identify leisure and sporting activities that require public funding, and know how the local authority pays for these; assess which facilities appear to make the greatest/smallest demands on the public funds and suggest reasons why this is the case

• carry out a simple cost/benefit analysis of some types of public leisure provision
• identify criteria by which spending in this area might be governed and consider the advantages and disadvantages of spending a lot of money on facilities for a relatively small number of people
• draw conclusions from their research and present their findings

• understand that leisure provision is just one of many categories of expenditure for local councils; identify criteria which can be used to decide between competing claims on public money

• identify basic criteria by which planning applications for major leisure facilities need to be judged
• understand the need for local planning authorities to be involved in maintaining the local environment, and in balancing the conflicting interests of citizens
• engage and take part in formal debate or role-play on an issue of public interest

• draw on their experience of developing criteria and rules
• demonstrate an understanding of the issues involved