Sports Colleges will raise standards in physical education (PE) and sport for all their learners across the ability range, leading to whole school improvement. They will be regional focal points for promoting excellence in PE and community sport.
Sports Colleges will extend links between families of schools, sports bodies and communities by:
sharing resources
developing and spreading good practice
helping to provide a structure through which young people can progress to careers in sport and PE.
Sports Colleges will increase participation in PE and sport for all pre-and post-16 learners and develop the potential of talented performers.
Sports Colleges are expected to develop a visible ethos throughout the school and within their local community which inspires their learners.
Sports Colleges will:
Support the Government's aspiration for all young people to have two hours high quality PE per week within and outside the curriculum.
Take an appropriate role in the Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links Strategy (see below).
Develop the skills and understanding of teachers and make imaginative use of new technologies as a means of raising the quality of teaching and learning in PE.
Extend provision and facilities to benefit all learners of all sporting abilities, whilst also giving those with the greatest potential, opportunities to achieve the highest standards of which they are capable.
Work with other schools and the wider community to develop and share good practice, facilities, human and other resources.
Are involved in national initiatives (e.g. Step into Sport) and competitions that enrich provision in PE and sport for their own learners and those in their partner schools.
The Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links Strategy (PESSCL)
All specialist Sports Colleges are expected to play an appropriate role in implementing the PESSCL strategy. They should do this through their school and community plans as well as by hosting a School Sport Co-ordinator Partnership (as part of an LA strategy) and building on links with other bodies associated with strategic developments in sport. For further details on this, please consult the PESSCL website.
