Spaldwick a partner school for Hinchingbrooke Sports Status!

 

What are Specialist Schools about? A specialist system is being created in which every secondary school has its own special ethos and works with others to spread best practice and raise standards. Sport is one of 10 specialisms within the Specialist Schools programme. Specialist schools are maintained secondary schools that receive additional funds from sponsorship and receive a capital grant to focus on a particular curriculum area, e.g. PE and sport.  They then deliver a four year development plan to raise whole school standards. Specialist status has been guaranteed for all schools that meet the standard to enter the programme.	How are they being delivered? The DfES and the Youth Sport Trust support schools and local authorities and are encouraging the expansion of the network of Specialist Sports Colleges. Schools are invited to apply for specialist status through twice yearly (March and October) application rounds. Schools start operating as Specialist Sports Colleges each September. After four years, they must reapply to maintain their specialist status.

 

What this means for Spaldwick as a Partner School........

The aim of the project includes working with partner primary schools to provide pupils with the best value curriculum provision in Physical Education with a view to raising standards through the whole curriculum.

This may benefit Spaldwick and the local area by........

ü   supporting teacher professional development for the teaching of PE

ü advising on the Physical Education curriculum

ü  setting up of network meetings to share good practice

ü creating a formal method of assessment to monitor the progress of pupils through the Key Stages

ü  holding festivals of sport

ü  providing expertise and facilities for us to use

Timescale of the bid for Sports College Status