School sport handed £150m funding boost
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Below is a Summary of what the Investment should achieve and I have attached a link to the full BBC article. From a personal perspective, the comments relating to "specialist coaching" are of real interest and relevance.
The Government says the new scheme will involve:
- Lump sums for schools - a typical primary school with 250 primary-aged pupils would receive £9,250 per year, the equivalent of around two days a week of a primary teacher or a coach's time
- A greater role for sporting and voluntary organisations, including sport's National Governing Bodies (NGBs), who will increase the specialist coaching and skills development on offer for primary schools
- Tougher assessment of sport provision by inspectorate Ofsted to ensure the funding is bringing the maximum benefit for all pupils, with schools held to account for how they spend the money
- Sport England investing £1.5m a year of lottery funding through the County Sport partnerships to help schools link up with local sports coaches, clubs and sports governing bodies
- More primary teachers with a particular specialism in PE via a new teacher training scheme.