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Stoke-on-trent sport and physical activity strategy 2009-2016

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SECTION 4:SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT SCHOOLS1. This secti<strong>on</strong> of the report primarily focuses <strong>on</strong> the use of school facilities bythe community <strong>and</strong> the potential of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF)programme. In relati<strong>on</strong> to facilities <strong>on</strong> school sites, this Strategy does notaddress curriculum or extended school needs. Instead it c<strong>on</strong>siders what ispotentially required to support wider community use in terms of bothparticipati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> the pathways to excellence. The first part of this secti<strong>on</strong>refers to the importance of <strong>sport</strong>s development in schools <strong>and</strong> furthereducati<strong>on</strong>.Sports development in schools <strong>and</strong> further educati<strong>on</strong>2. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent has a relatively low level of educati<strong>on</strong>al achievement butnati<strong>on</strong>al research has dem<strong>on</strong>strated that <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> active recreati<strong>on</strong> within thecurriculum <strong>and</strong> as part of the extended schools programme impacts up<strong>on</strong>results. Government has therefore increased the dem<strong>and</strong>s <strong>on</strong> schools toprovide for <strong>sport</strong> both during school time <strong>and</strong> after school, from primary levelthrough to the age of 16. There are also new initiatives for the further <strong>and</strong>higher educati<strong>on</strong> sector to encourage them to extend <strong>sport</strong>ing opportunities toall young people. Government has introduced a formal Nati<strong>on</strong>al Indicator tostrengthen the emphasis <strong>on</strong> <strong>sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>physical</strong> <strong>activity</strong> in schools. This is NI57, the definiti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> rati<strong>on</strong>ale for which is provided below in an extract fromthe Nati<strong>on</strong>al Indicators for Local Authorities <strong>and</strong> Local Authority Partnerships:H<strong>and</strong>book of Definiti<strong>on</strong>s.NI 57: Children <strong>and</strong> young people’s participati<strong>on</strong> in high-quality PE <strong>and</strong> <strong>sport</strong>Rati<strong>on</strong>aleBackground<strong>and</strong> update<strong>on</strong> indicatordevelopmentTo encourage all young people to increase participati<strong>on</strong> in<strong>sport</strong>.‘Young people’ are all those aged 5-19. All 5-16 year olds willhave the chance to do 2 hours of high quality PhysicalEducati<strong>on</strong> (PE) <strong>and</strong> Sport within the school day <strong>and</strong> up to 3additi<strong>on</strong>al hours of <strong>sport</strong> bey<strong>on</strong>d the school day. In additi<strong>on</strong> all16-19 year olds will be offered more opportunities toparticipate in 3 hours of <strong>sport</strong>.For young people in schools ‘<strong>sport</strong>’ will include any <strong>activity</strong>that requires <strong>physical</strong> skilfulness <strong>and</strong> is part of a school’splanned formal, semi-formal, supervised or led provisi<strong>on</strong>. Itwill also include PE less<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> activities based in communityNortoft Partnerships Ltd <str<strong>on</strong>g>Stoke</str<strong>on</strong>g>-<strong>on</strong>-Trent Page | 69Sport & Physical Activity Strategy <strong>2009</strong> – <strong>2016</strong>October <strong>2009</strong>

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