Awarded annually at the School and Sport Partnerships’ Conference, the School Sport Partnership Development Awards are made in recognition of the high quality development work being made in more than 400 School Sport Partnerships across the country.
Steve Grainger, Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust, said: “School Sport Partnerships are continually creating new and exciting ways of using PE and school sport to engage young people and help them develop the all-important life skills for a healthy and happy future.”
In 2007 there were seven categories of Award, each focusing on a different area of development. Each Award had a supporting partner, and a fantastic prize.
The winners and highly commended of each award are detailed below:
Category 1: The Sky Award – using the power of sport to raise standards across the whole school
Winner: Islington SSP, London
– ‘Islington Fair Play Charter’
Highly Commended: Lea Valley SSP, Enfield
– ‘The power of sport in raising student attendance’
Category 2: The Technogym Award for wellness innovation
Winner: Sutton High SSP, Merseyside / Brookfield SSP, Merseyside / Tulketh SSP, Preston
– ‘Motivation through PE and Sport’
Highly Commended: Blakeston SSP, Stockton on Tees / Northfield SSP, Billingham
– Katie Morag Adventure Trail-Cross Curricular KS1 O&A Activity
Category 3: The Sainsbury’s Award for increasing opportunities for participation
Winner: Harris Girls’ Academy - East Dulwich SSP, London
– ‘S-Kool BMX!’
Highly Commended: St James SSP, London
– ‘Skip, juggle and stack!’
Category 4: The PGL Award for developing alternative roles for young people
Winner: Stevenage SSP, Stevenage
– ‘Extending the Pathway, Junior Partnership Coaches’
Highly Commended: Heysham SSP, Lancashire
– ‘Whole School Leadership’
Category 5: The School Trends Award for increasing community involvement through information technology
Winner: Shepway SSP, Kent
– ‘Shepway SSP Website. A paper free partnership’
Highly Commended: Testwood SSP, Southampton
– ‘get fIT in the forest!’
Category 6: The Concept2 Award – ‘At the Cutting Edge: Realising the Ambition’
Winner: Droitwich and Worcester City SSP, Worcestershire
– ‘using the Nintendo Wii to improve attitude, behaviour and attendance’
Highly Commended: Broxtowe SSP, Nottingham
– ‘Looking beyond the sports club’
Category 7: The Sportplan Award for Interschool Competition
Winner: Oakbank SSP, West Yorkshire
– ‘Competitive Transition’
Highly Commended: Callington SSP, Cornwall
– ‘KS2 Multi Sport Festival Pack’
Thank you to the following companies for supporting the School Sport Partnership Development Awards 2007:
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