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SHEFFIELD CITY COUNC IL Development, Environment and B Leisure Directorate DATE REPORT TO 1 September 2009 CULTURE ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLITY SCRUTINY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT BOARD ITEM JOINT REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF CULTURE AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICES SUBJECT SPORT AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SUMMARY This report summarises the school sport and physical activity provision and how it links into community opportunities. RECOMMENDATIONS The Board is asked to consider and note the contents of the report. FINANC IAL IMPLICATIONS NO CLEARED BY: Laura Pattman BACKGROUND PAPERS CONTACT POINT FOR ACCESS TEL NO. 0114 2734700 Paul Billington AREA(S) AFFECTED CATEGORY OF REPORT OPEN Paragraph(s) 1 DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT AND LEISURE DIRECTORATE CULTURE, ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY SCRUTINY BOARD 1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT 1.1 This report is in response to the Culture, Economy and Sustainability Scrutiny Board’s request for information regarding the mandatory and voluntary sport and physical activity on offer in schools and the wider community and how partnership working between schools and community organisations is developing. 2 BACKGROUND 2.1 Sheffield’s ‘A City of Opportunity – Corporate Plan 2008-11’ defines two of its ambitions as ‘A better life for children and young people’ and ’Supporting people to be healthy and independent’. The Corporate Plan priorities that have emerged from these ambitions are; • Raising attainment and aspiration (P49) • Improving children’s health (P50) • Increasing participation in sport and physical activity (P60). 2.2 In October 2007 the Government established the following PSA (Public Service Agreement) delivery target and related performance indicator. • Government’s PSA Delivery Agreement 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 PE and sport.” • Creation of a world-class system for Physical Education (PE) and Sport Indicator 5: “Percentage of 5-16 year olds participating in at least 2 hours per week of high-quality PE and sport at school and the percentage of 5-19 year olds participating in at least 3 further hours per week of sporting opportunities.” 2.3 This PSA target is now an integral part of the National PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) and has become widely known as the ‘Five Hour Offer’. PE during curriculum time (on School Sport and physical activity in the community / off school site) based sport & physical activity 2 In January 2009, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued ‘Promoting Physical Activity For Children And Young People’. The recommendations are that children and young people should undertake a range of moderate to vigorous- intensity activities for at least 60 minutes over the course of a day, every day. This report summarises how Sheffield is seeking to develop a programme relating to the above targets for its entire young people. 3 PE AND SPORT IN SCHOOLS 3.1 The Children and Young People’s Directorate’s (CYPD), Learning and Achievement Service (LAS), recognises the role that PE and school sport plays in the Every Child Matters agenda. In response to this the post of full time Sport Strategy Adviser has been created. The Adviser’s post is to ensure that the needs of young people relating to PE, sport and physical activity a re being incorporated into the city’s overall strategic planning. The Adviser works closely with schools through the objectives of the Learning and Achievement Service and in addition to this there is a close working relationship with colleagues in the Development, Environment and Leisure Directorate, and the Sheffield Primary Care Trust that ensures that strategy is cross-cutting. A further key role of the Sport Strategy Adviser is to coordinate the delivery infrastructure for PE and school sport. 3.2 Delivery Infrastructure The city has five Specialist Sports Colleges. Their role is to use sport as a tool to drive up attainment within the school and within their local partner primary and secondary schools. Four of the five Sports Colleges host School Sport Partnerships. Parkwood High School is the only one that does not host an SSP as they were awarded their specialism after the structure had been implemented. Specialist Sports College School Sport Partnership All Saints Catholic High School Links Handsworth Grange Community Sports Forge College Westfield Sports College Points Wisewood School and Community Arches Sports College 3.3 School sport across the whole city is primarily driven by the four School Sport Partnerships (SSPs). Since September 2005, every school in the city has been part of an SSP. Each SSP is led by a Partnership Development Manager (PDM) who is employed by the host Sports College. In each secondary school there is a school sport coordinator who works 2 days per week for the SSP. In each primary school there is a primary link teacher who is released from teaching for 12 days per year. Their combined role is to work strategically with each other and statutory and community partners to provide each child with the Five Hour Offer. There is also a team of School Sport Coaches, 2 Competition Managers and a Further Education Sports Coordinator who all support the work of the SSPs. 3.4 The Sheffield SSP infrastructure is funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the tune of £1million per year. This money is devolved to and managed by the four host sports colleges. 3 The work of the PE and Sport Infrastructure can be split into two key areas; 3.5 Curriculum Physical Education As part of the National Curriculum all schools must teach Physical Education. As part of the Five Hour Offer, the government encourages all schools to deliver two hours per week. Nationally the average minutes being delivered in a school are 118 per week. In Sheffield the average is 113.5. 3.6 80% of Sheffield primary schools now deliver the desired 120 minutes. The challenge lies with the secondary schools. In key stage three (11 to 14 year olds) many of the secondary schools now offer two hours. Where this doesn’t happen it is usually as a result of curriculum design, with schools offering two periods of 50 minutes PE per week, thereby missing out by 20 minutes. The schools that do achieve it offer two periods of 60 minutes, equalling 120 minutes. In key stage four (14 to 16) some schools drop one period of PE to accommodate GCSE / qualification programmes. This results in some young people only accessing 50 minutes of PE per week. On a positive note, most schools now offer some form of sport related qualifications and these have proved popular with increased numbers of pupils taking them up. 3.7 Ensuring that all schools deliver two hours PE is not only an integral part of a child’s education but it also ensures that inactive children get at a minimum of two hours physical activity per week which has important health benefits. 3.8 School based sport – lunch time / after school clubs Schools have mostly engaged well in providing a range of sporting opportunities at lunchtime and after school. These clubs are delivered by a range of providers including school teachers and support staff, SSP staff, Activity Sheffield (Development, Environment and Leisure Directorate’s Leisure Services), Community Sports Clubs and private providers. In most cases the clubs are based on an activity that provides the young people with an introduction to a sport that will encourage them to attend a community sports club opportunity. 3.9 The chart below demonstrates the progress towards the two hour element of Indicator 5 of the Government’s PSA target. It should be noted that whilst Sheffield is making progress, the results from the 2008 survey still show that we are 5% behind the National Average. A Chart to show the percentage of young people participating in at least two hours per week of high quality PE and sport on a school site 100 86 90 80 82 85 74 80 60 Sheffield 40 National 20 0 2006 2007 2008 Year 3.10 The 2009 data collection has been changed to reflect the recently amended success measure of Indicator 5 of the Government’s PSA target; ‘By 2010/11, 80% of 5-16 year olds will be taking part in 3 hours per week of PE and Sport organised by schools’ 4 3.11 The official data is released in early November but early indications from two of the SSPs show that a more realistic view at this time is that 50% of young people do three hours of PE and School Sport on a school site. This presents a big challenge in relation to engaging with a further 30% of young people within the next two years. 3.12 The recently published 21 st Century Schools White Paper has introduced ‘The Pupil Guarantee’. As schools respond to this it is hoped that there will be more opportunities for young people. The guarantee states that; • Every pupil will go to a school where they take part in sport and cultural activities • Every 5-16 year old has access to five hours of high quality PE and Sport per week, in and out of school • Every pupil should have access to regular competitive sport, coaching to improve their skills and enjoyment, a choice of different sports, pathways to club and elite sport, and opportunities to lead and volunteer in sport • Every pupil should have access to activities out of school hours which may include study support, play/recreation, sport, by September 2010. And every young person should have access to a range of positive activities in their local area 3.13 A barrier to achieving the 80% target is resources.