About this programme:
The School Sport Coaching programme is one of 10 strands which make up the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) which builds on the previous PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy. The aim of the programme is to create a step change in the recruitment, training and deployment of sports coaches working in school sport. It also aims to increase the number of coaching hours delivered through school sport by 675,000 hours per year.
Target audience:
Children / young people currently receiving either three or four hours of PE and school sport who want to participate in five hours.
Issues that this programme tackles:
Offers additional quality coaching from a paid coach to assist young people in developing to the next level of competition or in joining an accreditated sports club. It also provides a quality assured management system for all coaches working on the programme .This includes access to free top-up training focused around working with young people and children, free kit, induction training and regular support from a coach manager plus access to bursary support for developing Level 1 coaches.
How is this programme accessed?
All School Sport Partnerships receive an annual grant of £21,500 to employ a team of coaches to offer an additional 1500 hours per year of high-quality school sport coaching.
Further information:
School Sport Coaching information sheet
Recruit into Coaching and School Sport Coaching Portal
Please note that from 1 September the coaching portal will no longer be in operation. Instead, all resources for School Sport Coaching and Recruit into Coaching will now be in the School Sport Xchange area on the YST website. This will make resources more readily available and enable us to provide you with more up to date material.
In this area, you will be able to access resources to help with the employment and deployment of coaches, including case studies, DVD’s, newsletters and coaching manual documents. Guidance on each stage of the PRIDD model will also be available.
Please use the following link to access the coaching section of the School Sport Xchange
Please note that you will no longer have the facility to log coach details/hours, however if you wish to continue to manage your coaches through an online system, the software we were using to record hours is still available through your County Sports Partnership. Please contact them or CoachWeb (www.coachweb.co.uk) about using the system.
As you are aware, all coaching hours will be continue to be recorded through the YST Programme Application Windows.
Contact:
If you have any questions regarding the above please contact Kirsty Stones at Kirsty.stones@youthsporttrust.org or on 01509 226610.