| The "5 hour" Offer |
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On 13th July Gordon Brown announced the investment of an additional £100m (over three years 2008-11) into the National School Sport or PESSCL Strategy in order to give every child and young person (aged 5-19) the chance to do 5 hours of sport a week. The 5 Hour Offer Targets
1) By the end of academic year 2010-2011 40% of young people to take part in 5 hours a week PE & Sport (3 Hours for 16 – 19 year olds)
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For 16-19 year olds the offer is 3 hours of sport, rather than 5.
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2) By the end of academic year 2010-2011 80% of 5 to 16 year olds in every School Sports Partnership (SSP) to take part in 3 hours a week PE & Sport organised by schools.
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For 5 to 16 year olds the expectation is that
1) Schools will provide 3 of the 5 hours: 2 hours through high quality PE within the curriculum and at least 1 hour of sport for all young people beyond the curriculum (out of school hours on school site)
2) Community and club providers will seek to ensure that an additional 2 hours are available.
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The "5 hour" offer is summarised in the diagrams below.
Essentially young people have been split into 3 bands
• The top 30% already or are likely to access an additional 2 hours of PE within school and 1 hour at a community club. The Challenge is to ensure that the club and the coaching opportunities are accessible and are of a high quality • The middle 50% are likely to access an additional 1 hour of PE within school. The challenge for this group is to extend the range of out of hours opportunities to engage more pupils. These may be at another school or community setting. • The bottom 20% just do there 2 hours curricular PE and are disengaged with organised sport. The challenge is to find ways for this group to be engaged.
As part of this every young person should have
• Access to regular competitive sport • Coaching to improve their skills and enjoyment • A choice of different sports • Pathways to club and elite sport • Opportunities to Lead and Volunteer in sport
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In order to engage, motivate and include as many young people as possible a broad definition of sport must be used. This includes official sports (where there is a registered governing body) as well as individual fitness and new and alternative sports that are increasingly popular with young people.
The assumption is that as children grow older they will increasingly be directed towards club/community provision. This will get them used to doing sport outside of a school setting and hopefully slow and reverse the drop in sports participation which currently occurs at 16. Click here for the Sport England 5 hour offer brief
Click here for the "5 hour" Offer diagrams
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