Sport England is
looking for up to 50 secondary schools to take part in a pilot project designed
to give pupils a more positive experience of Physical Education and sport.
The pilot, which is
in partnership with the Teaching School Council, is being put together to help
shape a national programme that will offer specialist training and mentoring to
at least two teachers in every secondary school in England by 2020.
Selected schools
will receive a package of support and resources that will include funding,
workforce training and mentoring.
Insights gained
through Sport England’s Youth Personalities work have highlighted, that while
some young people are getting an enjoyable experience of PE and sport in
school, not all are, which is impacting into their adult lives due to the
negative experience they had in secondary school.
Potential benefits
of the project include:
- Children and young people
will experience a greater breadth of sport and physical activity which
should lead to better preparation for a positive future relationship with
sport and activity
- Teachers will have more focus
on helping children and young people to feel capable and confident in
their abilities
- An improved confidence and
attitude in teachers to encourage children and young people to be
physically active
- A reduction in the number of
children and young people having a poor experience of PE and sport in
schools.
