Annual Review 2014 – 2015

Sport & Physical Activity Partnership Annual Review 2014 –2015 Foreword A decade on from when the President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, opened an envelope and announced that London had been chosen as host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we continue to question the legacy beyond the games. From Tessa Jowell convincing Tony Blair to the 100 strong delegation led by Lord Coe that travelled to Singapore, an enormous amount of effort was put into our successful Olympic bid that promised to deliver so much. The key question is has the interest generated by the Olympics peaked and have we wasted a golden opportunity? If so how did we get it so wrong? Current thinking and policy raises some questions. To ask National Governing Bodies of Sport to increase sports participation and then suggest they do that within the parameters of “only people aged 14 years and older” is a concern. If we are to create sporting habits for life we need to be inspiring and motivating people much earlier than 14 years of age. Equally concerning is the decision Creating a to ask Primary School Heads to improve School Sport without any direction, support or measures to achieve. Pressure on Heads to deliver results in the sporting habit core subject’s leaves School Sport having to fight a battle with other priorities. 5 Even with an additional £10k worth of ammunition per year for each primary 1 for life 0 2 school it is a battle at the moment that sport does not seem to be winning. – 4 1 0 2 These 2 key priority areas are where the bulk of the sports funding is directed w e i v and these are the 2 areas that seem to be failing. e R l a u Our current sport system is over complicated and uncoordinated with numerous n n A ministerial departments, non-departmental bodies and charities all claiming to play a lead part and role in improving participation in sport. You need to be 02 wrapped up in the sector to understand your Sportivate from your Doorstep Club, your Sported from your Street Games and your YST from your CSP. p i h s The sector is an explosion of acronyms that would make the conundrum on r e n t r Countdown look easy. a P y t i v i If you can navigate your way through the sport sectors various bodies you will t c A l eventually arrive at a local level where the Government cuts are having their a c i s greatest impact. The non-statutory service of sport within the world of Local y h P Authorities is in a critical condition. In most cases sport is only able to survive & t r on other agendas namely health and community cohesion. o p S There is no debate over the fact that sport can change lives, however it is important that sport is protected from becoming a bit part of any health, education or community strategy. For many sport is important for being sport and they play it or watch it because they enjoy it. The public and media interest alone in sport demands its own department with a minister with similar clout to that of the education and health minister. An overarching department that governs Elite Sport, Community Sport, School Sport and Sport for Social Benefit is needed. If health or education want to use sport then they should resource sport and the people who know sport to deliver their outcomes. Sport should not be governed by education or health or we will end up with people like Mr Gove who does not know a rugby ball from a netball making decisions on something he has absolutely no idea about. Here at New College Here at New College Leicester together with our partners we continue to be Leicester along with a sporting hub delivering across the sporting landscape and providing our partners we remain opportunities for all individuals to reach their potential in and through sport. committed to developing We are committed to our strategy that translates what is a foreign language into fit for purpose delivery that is contributing to creating a local legacy from sport for all. The the London 2012 Games. Olympic flame is well and truly still burning in This Annual Review is full of examples of our work together with our partners that are making a difference to our students and the communities across the hearts and minds of Leicester and beyond. Some would say we are operating out of our boundaries all those people that in terms of responsibility, but we would say that we are a school that is making support us in delivering sense of a world that is constrained by politics and we are making it work for our Sport and Physical local people. 5 Activity Strategy. This 1 0 2 – The New College Leicester Sport and Physical Activity annual review is a clear 4 1 0 2 example of that. Partnership believe it is time for a shake up and a rethink. w e i v It’s time for the Sports Minister to dip in to the transfer e R l a market to pull together a new team that is capable of u n n A delivering across the entire sporting landscape. A team that strikes a balance between accountability and 03 autonomy resulting in more sports funding finding its way p i to a local level. A team whose focus needs to be on h s r e n t making participation in sport easy by not overburdening r a P y sports funding with unnecessary criteria. t i v i t c A l a c i s y h P & t r o p S 2015 – 2016 The legacy journey continues 2015 – 2016 brings with it another world cup year and the sport this time is rugby union. Even better it’s in our own back yard and we at New College Leicester are looking forward to it. Despite making it on to the list of approved facilities for pre world cup training camps unfortunately none of the nations that have qualified decided to base themselves here. While this was disappointing this does not deter us from our plans and we will look to work with partners to create a legacy locally for rugby. We already have a number of RFU coach education courses planned for this year which is helping grow the rugby workforce. Inspiring a We continue to drive forward with our 2012–2017 strategy and this year we generation are hopeful that some of the proposed facility development work will become a reality. With this would come new partners and new sports to New College to choose Leicester. Always on the lookout for new partners resulted in us welcoming Premier Star Cheerleading to our partnership last year and they are making sport effective use of our large theatre space. At the heart of our strategy remains our young people, and we remain 5 1 0 extremely committed to working with our partner primary schools to make 2 – 4 effective use of the School Sports Premium over this coming year. 1 0 2 w e Like with the previous years all of this would not be possible without the i v e support of our key partners and all their volunteers. We would like to take this R l a u opportunity to thank all of these extremely dedicated people who are working n n A with us on the delivery of our strategy. Collectively we are well on the way to creating a local system that is making a difference and is providing sport 04 for all. p i h s r e n t r a P y t i v i t c A l a c i s y h P & t r o p S Jane Brown Wayne Allsopp Principal Business Development Manager New College Leicester, New College Leicester, Learning & Sports Village Learning & Sports Village Raising the self-esteem of young people and allowing them to reach their potential through high quality physical education, sport and competition It has been a very successful second year of the partnership between New College Leicester and the primary schools that we have supported with PE and School Sport. Over this last year Mr Edwards has worked with Braunstone Frith Primary, Christ the King Primary, Caldecote Primary, Oaklands Special School, Eastfield Primary and Abbey Primary. He has engaged with a high volume of young people and mentored many members of staff all of which is resulting in a better quality PE and School Sport provision. The progression throughout this second year has been remarkable and the Primary School staff have grown in confidence and enthusiasm which is 5 1 0 starting to see an increase in pupil engagement. 2 – New College Leicester 4 1 0 Always looking to strengthen the partnership and improve PE and School Sport 2 has been an essential w e further this coming year we will be introducing the PlayMaker Award for some i v “and invaluable partner in e of our primary schools. We strongly believe that a sustainable approach to R l a improving physical literacy in Primary Schools is needed and to achieve that establishing high quality u n n A we require the whole school to buy in to our approach. This requires the PE and School sport at upskilling of teachers and students to make a difference when it comes to Abbey Primary.

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