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School Sport

The National PE School Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) was launched in 2002 and ran until 2010.  The strategy was the responsibility of the Youth Sport Trust (YST) and integral parts were School Sports Partnerships (SSP) and Specialist Sports Colleges. 

The YST as a charitable trust continues to champion PE and school sport and have responsibility for the School Games (see separate section).  The status of Specialist school will no longer attract additional funding but the majority of those who chose a sports specialism  have chosen to continue this focus, this is however an emerging picture (see separate section).

The School Sports Partnerships are again, an emerging picture, with the funding, targets and priorities have changed.  One immediate impact is that from September 2011, the roles of Partnership Development Manger, School Sport Co-ordinator and Primary Link teacher will not exist.

Competition - School Games updated

Competition is strong in Hertfordshire and was an important part of the PE and school sport infrastructure.  Latterly, Hertfordshire benefited from seven Competition Mangers.   Competition is central to the DfE’s aspirations for PE and school sport and is also supported within the DCMS’s business plan around a 2012 legacy.

• Number10.gov: Department for Culture, Media and Sport Business_Plan 2011-15 (pdf file)
• Number10.gov: DfE Business_Plan_2011-15 (pdf file)

Schools that were SSP hub sites now benefit from funding to employ School Games Organisers (SGO) for three days per week.  In addition all secondary schools use allocated funds to release a PE teacher from the curriculum to coordinate sport in their cluster of schools, particularly in primaries.  A considerable amount of work has been carried out, under very stressful conditions to ensure that young people have not suffered through these changes.  The exact picture of what is in place and how they operate collectively is still being developed.

Competition will continue to be organised within and between schools, these are now described as levels 1 and 2.  These will feed into a county wide competition as a level 3 event.  There is a Local Organising Committee (LOC), who has strategic responsibility for the level 3 school games.  The SGO will meet to discuss detail of delivery and feed into the LOC.  In addition the heads of schools and academies who see sport as a focus have decided they will still meet, again to achieve a strategic approach across schools.

Plans are well underway for the level 3 event, which for logistical purposes will be spilt into 3 dates; 8th December at Queens school, 20th March at Wodson Park and Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield on 28th June. On the 8th of December, The Winter Games, the following sports will be contested: Table Tennis, Badminton, Boccia, Basketball. For more information and to keep up to date, please visit:

• http://www.hertsschoolgames.co.uk/#

Hertfordshire School Sports Associations

Throughout the growth of PE and sport infrastructure and its re integration with mainstream PE staff, the school sports associations have worked tirelessly to offer guide and deliver school sports competition.  As such they were and are crucial partners to PE and school sport.

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