Providing access to sport across the region

Specialist Sports Colleges and School Sport Partnerships

Specialist Sports Colleges are at the hub of the Government's strategy to enhance young people's opportunities to participate in a wide range of sports as well as raising the standards of teaching and learning of PE and school sport.

Specialist Sports Colleges position PE and sport at the centre of the curriculum, using it as a vehicle to develop and improve learning opportunities for all.

School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE and sport opportunities for all young people.

A typical partnership consists of:
  • A partnership development manager (PDM);
  • up to eight school sport co-coordinators (SSCos);
  • 45 primary and special school link teachers (PLTs).
A PDM is a full-time role usually based within a Sports College. They manage the SSP and develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community.

An SSCo is based in a secondary school and concentrates on improving school sport opportunities, including out of hours school learning, intra and inter-school competition and club links, across a family of schools.

PLTs are based in primary and special schools and aim to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport in their own schools.
 
 
The Specialist Sports Colleges within the Humber Region are:
  • High Ridge Specialist School Sports College - Scunthorpe
  • Bridlington Specialist Sports College
  • St Mary's College Sports College - Hull