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Baroness Sue Campbell — After 22 years of leading YST, our Chair is stepping down. Read our pullout tribute to a true visionary.

YST member school — Bosworth Academy explains how it is maximising pupil wellbeing by using staff as role models.

ASCL General Secretary — Geoff Barton reflects on creating a whole school focus on PE, physical activity and school sport.

Applying research — How YST member school Durrington High trialled the use of PE and sport to develop grit and resilience.

INSPIRELEADING INNOVATION IN PE AND SCHOOL SPORT

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WELCOME CONTENTS

04 What’s happening? The PE landscape

06 The Power of an Active School isgrowing at Bosworth Academy

09 Project Ability: inclusivepractice in PE and sport

10 Pupil voice: Fadumo Olow on thepower of sport in her life

13 Transforming the impact of Primary PE with sustainable investment

14 The ‘Developing Well’ pilot - strategic focus in Hertfordshire

15 Baroness Sue Campbell: a tribute to our outgoing chair

20 Active School Communities: a look at our work with European partners

22 YST solutions to your whole school challenges

25 Membership spotlight

26 Building a network of YST innovation research schools with PE at the heart

28 What can the world of sport learn from school sport?

30 Headteachers thoughts: Geoff Barton, ASCL General Secretary

ALI OLIVERChief Executive, Youth Sport Trust

As we embark on a new academic year this edition explores the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and includes articles on our recent progress and your effective practice. I hope you will find the content informative, insightful but most of all... inspiring!

Baroness Campbell will be stepping down from her role as Chair of the Youth Sport Trust in December. This is not a decision Sue has taken lightly and, as you know, there is no one more passionate about our charity mission, nor anyone who has more tirelessly pursued positive outcomes for young people through the combination of sport and education. I believe it is our collective responsibility to ensure that Sue’s legacy lives on, not only in what we do to build a brighter future for young people, but also how we do it – with integrity, moral purpose and through partnership working.

In this edition Sue shares some of her most memorable moments from 22 years at the helm of the Trust. Sue was the first CEO and has also been the organisation’s Executive Chair and most recently, the Chair. Sue has quite simply been the inspiration behind the staff and work of the organisation and I am sure you will enjoy reading her reflections on an extraordinary journey, as well as some of the lessons learned along the way. I am delighted Sue will take on the title of Honorary Life Ambassador of the Youth Sport Trust and we are all looking forward to continuing to work with her in her new role.

Alongside the search for a new Chair we are also in the middle of a period of consultation which will help inform our new strategy. Much is still in the melting pot but we do know there will be a

number of priorities which build on our work to date. For example the long-term impact of the government’s Primary PE and Sport Premium; see the article on page 13 where we share the benefits of up-skilling your staff. The refresh and repositioning of secondary PE, and linking learning in and through sport to physical, social and emotional outcomes, read pages 10-11 for a compelling personal story of the social impact that sport can have at an individual level.

The past 12 months have seen a number of ethical and moral issues publicly exposed at the elite end of sport. Looking ahead we want to exemplify and amplify the role Youth Sport Trust programmes and campaigns can play in instilling the right values, ethics and social behaviour in youth sport. I hope you will find the reflective piece by Will Roberts, YST Operations Director, on page 28 interesting and thought provoking. In an increasingly turbulent world, we will be exploring how to harness the power of sport to nurture tolerance, unity and mutual respect in young people and their communities. Read more about some of our innovative solutions on page 22.

If you would like to feed suggestions into our new strategy we would be delighted to receive them. Please do send your thoughts and ideas to strategy@youthsporttrust.org

In finishing thank you for all you continue to do to promote young people’s wellbeing, leadership development and personal achievement. I hope you enjoy this latest edition of YST INSPIRE and I look forward to seeing you at our 2018 National Conference when the new Youth Sport Trust strategy will be launched.

Have you subscribed to YST News — our monthly round up of young people, health, sport and education stories, commentary and blogs? If not, head to our website to sign up: www.youthsporttrust.org

2018 CONFERENCE

Your Activation Pack will include everything you need to know about your YST Membership for this academic year:

— Website Registration — Membership Benefits — Save the dates — YST Resources and Learning — Shout about us — Contact us

By now you should have received your YST Membership Activation Pack via email. In order to maximise your investment please ensure that you have logged into the website and familiarised yourself with the innovative benefits that are available to you to change young people’s lives through PE, physical activity and school sport.

If you haven’t received your pack then please let us know at membership@youthsporttrust.org or 01509 226688

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NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES OF SPORT (NGBS)

From working closely with a group of 12 YST NGBs we have some exciting new resources in the pipeline to establish sport specific content which can be used alongside the YST My Personal Best programme. Watch this space for exemplar session plans and suggested activities that specifically develop social and emotional wellbeing through the most relevant sport specific activities. The intention is to support secondary PE departments to ensure the relevance of PE to broader educational outcomes and school priorities, as well as student needs.

BRITISH CYCLING SKILLS AWARD

HSBC UK, British Cycling and the Youth Sport Trust want to bring cycling to new generations by empowering families and school communities to help children learn to ride a bike. HSBC UK Go-Ride Go breaks down learning to ride a bike into easy steps, supported by fun games and activities for the whole class. HSBC Go-Ride Go aims to support every child to learn to ride a bike and discover the joy of cycling. HSBC UK Go-Ride Go can help your school to encourage families to be more active outside of the school day. Watch this space www.youthsporttrust.org/go-ride-go

WILL SWAITHESHead of PE and Achievement, Youth Sport Trust

Will Swaithes, Head of PE and Achievement at the Youth Sport Trust, provides an update on the current PE landscape, including YST networks, NGB resource development, British Cycling and Chance to Shine.

With so many educational initiatives and priorities coming hard and fast and others disappearing, it is more important than ever that school leaders at all levels have time to consider the greatest needs of their students and the actions that will have the biggest and most sustainable impact. Ross Morrison McGill from @TeacherToolkit created a great blog on ‘20 years of educational fads’ http://bit.ly/ 2vSVLdT. Viewing this got me thinking about what drives school improvement and how hard it is to commit enough staff, time and energy to the things that make a real difference. At the Youth Sport Trust we know that high quality PE and school sport can be a very effective school improvement tool for improving pupils cognition, attitudes to learning and progress. To undertake some ‘action research’ of your own , see Public Health England’s report into the link between improved pupil health and wellbeing and their attainment www.youthsporttrust.org/linkattain.

PE CATALYSTS

The summer term saw nearly half of our growing army of now over

100 innovative PE practitioners, collectively known as YST PE CatalYSTs, come together to challenge and critique each others’ curriculum models against YST’s ‘Secondary Blueprint’. Through this we are encouraging a more overt focus on outcomes that are relevant and meaningful to the development of all young people by addressing whole school issues and the specific challenges facing each year group as they pass through a school rather than merely providing a ‘basket of sports’. Feedback has been really positive, with colleagues carefully selecting and committing to specific curriculum developments to progress to a fit for purpose offer. Share our video clip with your PE department to generate discussion about ‘Why PE’ in your school http://bit.ly/2tER5rn

We are continuing recruitment to this dynamic network of PE leaders and welcome you to apply via our website. Our next networking session will be 12 October in Loughborough where we plan to build on our Advocacy Toolkit, gather insight to support our engagement with DfE around the future for PE and sport and share best practice. All Level 2 and 3 member secondary schools are invited to put forward a

SPORT NEW ZEALAND

We recently hosted chief executives from Sport Canterbury and Sport Southland. Both organisations really valued the opportunity to visit some of our member schools to explore and discuss the issues they are facing around youth leadership and targeted interventions for non-participating groups. Some great reflections, common issues and successful approaches demonstrated not only that this agenda is of worldwide interest but also that collaboration across the globe can really add insight and challenge future direction. Thanks in particular to Roundwood Park School in Hertfordshire and Bosworth Academy in Leicestershire for opening up your schools and demonstrating some great shared practice around leadership and Girls Active.

WHAT’S HAPPENING? THE PE LANDSCAPE

For more information on how to become a PE CatalYST see www.youthsporttrust.org/pe-catalysts

CHANCE TO SHINE

The YST was delighted to be commissioned by Chance to Shine, the cricket charity, to produce some cutting-edge resources for KS1 and 2. These will provide teachers with exciting and challenging PE lessons, as well as further activities to enhance their classroom teaching in other subjects. To help reduce planning time this resource has been made simple to use and easy to fit with national curriculum requirements. It is designed to be applicable across all subject areas so you can find exciting activities to engage your class. So, whether your pupils want to be a ‘ferocious fielder’ or a ‘brilliant bowler’ in the playground or the classroom there are lots of ‘how to’ video clips to show you what the activities look like. For more information visit www.youthsporttrust.org/chancetoshine

PE CatalYST and attend this event free of charge. For more information about one of our current PE CatalYST Level 2 member schools, Bosworth Academy, see page 6 and for details on how to get involved see www.youthsporttrust.org/ pe-catalysts

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Along with all the support materials exemplifying what works in schools to increase physical activity (http://bit.ly/2tDVmQ4) it seems the pressure is on to prove it. I challenge subject and school leaders to think in a more focussed way about how to drive whole school achievement through the outcomes of PE and sport and how to engage with our network of lead schools to share practice and learn about what actually works. To find out more get in touch with will.swaithes@youthsporttrust.org and share the specific challenges that you are facing.

YST IN THE PRESS

Ali Oliver, YST Chief Executive, was interviewed by the TES about the marginalisation of PE and school sport. The article received lots of

CURRICULUM BLUEPRINT MODEL

Shifting to an outcome focus that matters Why? Increased meaning, relevance and value to student and school

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In order to gain a deeper understanding of some of the fantastic things that Bosworth Academy is doing for its students’ health and wellbeing through the delivery of PE; I attended the Olympic Festival put on each summer by the academy. Here, local primary schools come to Bosworth and take part in an entire day devoted to learning about the Olympic and Paralympic values, to compete and take part in their very own opening and closing ceremonies. Perhaps the most unique part of the whole day is that staff involvement is kept to the bare minimum. Key Stage 4 and sixth-form students act as team and activity leaders and the responsibility for the successful running of the day is ultimately gifted to the students.

Against this backdrop, I caught up with Liam Grest, Head of Physical Education, to talk through some further examples of how the PE department and the wider school puts the physical and mental wellbeing of the students at the forefront of all they do.

As a member school Bosworth Academy has maintained a very close relationship with the Youth

Influencing the entire school to create an active and healthy environment for students is arguably one of the hardest challenges facing a PE department. Here, Robert Warner explores how Youth Sport Trust Level 2 member school and PE CatalYST, Bosworth Academy, has overcome this challenge.

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ROBERT WARNERMembership and Network Services, Youth Sport Trust

To find out more about the YST My Personal Best programme for secondary schools see www.youthsporttrust.org/mypb

the way the humanities department operates. Due to the school’s location, the staff can take advantage of the surrounding area to teach their students about the local history. Cross-country walks are often organised where staff lead students through routes supposedly taken by Robin Hood many centuries before. This provides a fantastic opportunity for the students to get excited about learning about their local history and to keep them active at the same time.

ACTIVE STAFF

The importance of having a plethora of active staff members across a variety of faculties cannot be understated. Liam was very keen to emphasise the importance of creating active role models from outside of the PE department. As a result staff are encouraged to take part in initiatives such as workplace challenges, sport nights and also have access to discounted FitBits.

In addition, the concept of a ‘Healthy Board’ was born: these boards have been created and put up around school on which active staff members are profiled and used as role models. Profiles of active personnel are created and the types of activities that they engage are identified, thus showing a side of the teachers that students may not ordinarily see. The rationale behind this is that if a non PE

member of staff can be seen as enjoying being active and leading a healthy lifestyle, then they become a much more relatable role model than a PE teacher or sports coach. It can provoke a student to think: “if they can be healthy and active, then there’s no reason why I can’t too!”

GAUGING SUCCESS

Despite all of the great strategies that Bosworth has in place already, Liam and the PE department are constantly looking to improve and provide the best possible sporting chance for their students. From talking to Liam it became evident early on that Bosworth Academy is primarily concerned with creating a culture where students develop a love for physical activity and sport for their entire lives.

Liam is passionate about the relationship between wellbeing, leadership and achievement and is adamant the success of a PE department should not be measured against a student’s attainment in a certain sport but should be measured through an exit survey. As there are many proven links between participation in PE and school sport and future household income and happiness. The number of students continuing their sporting and physical journey once they leave Bosworth Academy is the real indicator of the PE department’s success.

Sport Trust over recent years and has been heavily involved in many programmes including Play Unified and Sky Sports Living for Sports. During our discussion it became apparent that the importance of using PE as a vehicle to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing is not only championed through the PE faculty but this ethos comes from the top down. Liam explained that the Senior Leadership Team at Bosworth recognise that happy and healthy students perform better in wider-school life and chose to use the PE faculty to promote a happy and healthy environment across the school.

THE ACHIEVERS

Perhaps the most pertinent example of how the academy puts student wellbeing at its centre is through the tailoring of the PE curriculum. Students are not solely assessed on their competency in certain sport or their ability to perform skills. Instead, the PE department has created the ACHIEVERS framework. Each student is encouraged to give themselves a rating ranging from 1 (gold) – 4 (not there yet!) on each of the strands.

The most significant aspect of this framework is that those students who are not the stereotypical high-achievers in PE are rewarded and recognised for exhibiting characteristics such as courage and aspiration. In turn this encourages these students to develop a love for physical activity and create their individual goals based upon their own personal best. This was inspired by the principles underpinning YST My Personal Best secondary school programme which is run throughout the country.

AN ACTIVE SCHOOL

The responsibility for creating an active and healthy environment for students does not end at the PE department. Building upon the Youth Sport Trust’s National CPD module The Power of an Active School, Liam outlined the great work happening across the academy in order to make lessons more active and enable students to hit their required 30 minutes of physical activity each day.

The emphasis on creating an active school is particularly apparent in

THE ACHIEVERS FRAMEWORK

ASPIRATION pushing personal best boundaries and never settling to stay at the same level.

COURAGE seeking to overcome daunting challenges. Never giving up until you have your personal best.

HEALTHY consistently participates in 30 minutes of physical activity a day. Shows understanding and evidence of healthy eating.

INDEPENDENT shows high levels of independence by setting up and leading activities.

ENTHUSIASM maximum effort in all tasks.

VALUES actively encourages peers to attempt different tasks. Officiates without any bias. Great sportsmanship and consideration towards others.

EXPECTATIONS positive behaviour at all times. Always prepared for each lesson.

REFLECTIVE regularly asking for feedback, comparing performance to the ‘perfect model’.

SOCIAL SKILLS shows leadership qualities and acts as a role model to others.

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VICCI WELLSDevelopment Manager, Youth Sport Trust

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With over 15% of the total pupil population attending schools in England having a Special Educational Need and/or Disability (SEND), a statement or Education Health Care Plan, it is crucial that there is an offer of high quality PE and school sport that includes this 15%1 of young people. Further research specifically around PE and school sport indicates;

• Young people with SEND take part in sport less than their peers, with only half taking part in sport once a week2

• 84% of disabled students would like to do more sport when compared with their non-disabled peers – suggesting that they do not currently have the opportunities to do enough2

• 63% of people with disabilities feel they have fewer opportunities to volunteer in sport compared to their non-disabled peers and therefore less opportunity to demonstrate the ‘social action’ work that employers value3.

In 2010, in response to these issues, the YST established a network of 60 Lead Inclusion Schools that reached across all counties in England. These cross-phase and special schools focus on

supporting other schools to develop their competency in providing inclusive PE and sport opportunities for all young people.

These schools have continued to sit at the heart of the YST ‘Project Ability’ campaign. Project Ability is well known in the context of the School Games where it is driving inclusive opportunities within competitive school sport. Thanks to Sport England Lottery funding, and through additional investment from the DfE, Project Ability extends beyond competition. It involves a range of initiatives including ‘Step into Sport’ inclusive leadership events for young people; offering practitioners high quality CPD opportunities (through resources such as ‘TOP Sportsability’), as well as pioneering school-centred innovation through practice-led, enquiry-based approaches.

At Woodlands School, a YST Level 2 Silver member, several students were recently invited to the DfE offices to share how Project Ability has impacted on their lives.

“It’s always mind blowing seeing our pupils in such different situations, away from school and out of their comfort zones, talking so eloquently about how sport has impacted them. Being

part of the YST Lead Inclusion Schools programme has empowered them to have a voice and demonstrate just what they are capable of.”

- Katy Wedgwood, PE Coordinator, Woodlands School, Plymouth.

In 2016/17 the impact of this network and the DfE’s Project Ability funding has so far resulted in:

• Training 4,685 members of the school sport workforce across England

• Supporting 2,164 new young leaders (1,278 with SEND)

• Delivering inclusive events to 5,882 young people.

At Chadsgrove School, YST Level 2 Going for Gold member school, the PE Leader regularly provides opportunities for young leaders with SEND to work with other schools. This has increased confidence, independence and developed a range of transferable life skills across all areas of school.

For key messages see http://bit.ly/2xR4Cia

Vicci Wells identifies effective practice from the YST’s pioneering Project Ability programme which, through DfE support, is transforming inclusive practice in PE and school sport.

THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ABILITY PROGRAMME

To get involved with Project Ability, please contact Gary Grieve on gary.grieve@youthsporttrust.org Further details can be found here www.youthsporttrust.org/inclusion-schools

Introducing the Active Schools Partnership

Championing the benefits of an active school

Specialists in education procurement, ESPO have teamed

up with the Youth Sport Trust to bring you an online

portal of resources and equipment tailored to meet the

challenges schools face.

Visit activeschoolspartnership.org to find out more.

Simply explain in 500 words or less how your school is encouraging activity.

Submit your entry by 15 December 2017 at activeschoolspartnership.org

Win an athlete mentor visit for your school!

How to enter:

Resources

£99

e-Learning and digital resources

£199

Movement Assessment Tool App

£2.99

Face to face training

£1250 per school

Our suite of Start to Move resources and training supports teachers to confidently develop physical literacy in children aged 4-7.

For more information go to www.youthsporttrust.org/starttomove YST Level 2 and 3 members receive 10% discount. Contact membership@youthsporttrust.org to claim your code. All prices exclude VAT

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Being the first Muslim woman to carry the baton was an honour but more importantly, it symbolised that despite the hostile and sometimes negative society we now live in, sports unites people and is a common language for people of all faiths and backgrounds.”

In our regular feature looking at how sport has personally impacted on young people, Fadumo tells us how becoming a YST Young Ambassador and Future Sport Leader changed her life around and gave her a new sense of belonging and purpose.

“IF OPPORTUNITIES DON’T COME KNOCKING, BUILD A DOOR”FADUMO OLOW

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New challenges and experiences continue to lie ahead and I’m moving on from being a young leader to now being a mentor and advocate for women and girls participation through YST Girls Active. I hope to teach young girls about resilience and aspiration, and that sometimes you have to stand alone and be bold. I was the only Muslim and one of very few girls at my university whilst completing my Sport and Exercise Science degree but I saw this as an opportunity to educate; to tackle the lack of female and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation in sport and to make myself heard. I want girls to grow to be strong-willed and confident young women who can really contribute to their communities, plus demonstrate to them that the benefits from sport are not all physical and that psychological, social and emotional wellbeing are equally important.

Those around you influence the decisions you make and in turn the path you choose. Laura Brookstein and Laura Goodall helped me discover my role as a leader by allowing me to be part of many events that they ran as School Games Organisers. They were, and continue to be, great role models for me and I am very grateful for the belief they had in me

and support they gave to me. I wanted to leave school on more than one occasion and education beyond my GCSEs didn’t cross my mind, but having all these experiences whilst in school opened my eyes and made me ambitious to pursue a career of working with people whether that be through sport or youth work. I now help to run a weekly girls’ group targeted particularly at young women from vulnerable backgrounds. The group has its challenges but is incredibly rewarding to see the benefit to the young. Focus is growth and each session builds us all a little bit more.

Life throws hurdles at you and you can’t shield yourself against them all, however, you can choose how to react. Looking back at my encounter from my first team football match, I was disheartened but I chose not to let that knock me down. I thought, if football won’t compromise for me I’ll just work my way around it and through this I found the joy of leadership and coaching. I have since learnt to be more resilient and to continue to persevere. As a good friend once tweeted (because we are way past the generation of saying) ‘’you are not the doubts and fears inside your head, you are the actions you take despite them.”

Sport was never a first, second or even third choice when I thought about my plans at 16 years old. I wasn’t great but I still loved PE! I took part in everything whilst in school. I particularly enjoyed playing football which led me to signing up to a local club. The club was great; from the first few training sessions I grew to really love the game and the team. However, as life would have it, I hit my first hurdle and the inequalities in sport became very clear as FA health and safety regulations1 meant that I couldn’t wear a hijab whilst representing my club. I was devastated and more embarrassed that I had to leave under such circumstances. I never played that first game and it was definitely a sad experience that could have been the end of my involvement in that sport, but I had another destiny.

My PE teacher, Anya Mckeever, signed me up as a YST Young Ambassador when I was 16. I wasn’t overly optimistic about the role but she encouraged me to go with it – this ended up being the best idea ever! This started an amazing life journey of many events, conferences and schools projects. As a Young Ambassador, it opened up a new

range of sports for me and I found a place where I could grow and develop through leadership, coaching and sharing good practice and not primarily focusing on participation and competition. I was pushed outside of my comfort zone. I had to talk to strangers, which was a daunting task as I used to spend much of my time hiding in the background. However, through this role I found out who I am and what I could do. I am now confidently able to share my experience and ideas with my peers.

My motto in life is, ‘If opportunities don’t come knocking, build a door’

Confidence builds excitement and I was now excited for sport! I wanted to network, get to know more people and share more ideas. As a result, I was lucky to have many great experiences such as opening the YST Girls Active Conference, carrying the Commonwealth Games baton with Olympic Gold Medallist Jessica Ennis as part of the Commonwealth Service in Westminster Cathedral and presenting the YST sponsored Young Sports Person Award at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards.

1Editor’s note: In 2012, The FA led an appeal against the FIFA ban on Muslim women wearing the hijab whilst playing football. The appeal was successful and all religious head coverings deemed safe are now allowed on the field of play.

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• Can be used for practice and games

• Develops precision and accuracy through different sized targets

• Simple to use, for all ages and abilities

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If you have staff working within your school that you feel would benefit from some support in preparing and delivering appropriate physical literacy sessions please contact us at solutions@youthsporttrust.org

The injection of funding into primary schools through the PE and School Sport Premium has enabled the primary workforce to grow and deepen its skills, providing schools and young people with a breadth of opportunities. Through YST, teachers and teaching assistants have used the funding to access professional development to improve their own knowledge of physical activity and school sport, by working alongside sport and physical activity specialists.

Schools have been inundated with approaches from a range of individuals and organisations offering to support the delivery of physical activity and sport. With the volume of companies and clubs offering this service there is naturally a range in the quality of delivery, expertise and relevant experience. At the YST we are passionate about building capacity and expertise in school staff and importantly seeing the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding invested in schools for the long-term benefit of teachers and pupils.

With funding from Sport England, the Youth Sport Trust has trained over 500 people who work in schools to improve their knowledge and understanding of physical literacy and help to develop

appropriate extra-curricular activity sessions. The range of personnel who have accessed the training includes teachers, coaches working in school sport partnerships, lunch time supervisors, teaching assistants, as well as trainee teachers and PE and sports apprentices.

The training includes an introduction to and development of fundamental movement and fundamental sports skills. Our YST resources Skills2Play and Skills2Play Sport which can be used to support the delivery of extra-curricular sport and physical activity before, during and after school.

Teaching assistants and lunchtime supervisors with a wider role of supporting Year 5 and 6 playground leaders at breaks and lunchtimes, also accessed the training. Feedback from this group centred on how it had helped improve their skills to work with playground leaders and techniques to involve younger children.

“Being given the chance to experience the games and practical side has helped me to improve my personal confidence.” Teaching Assistant, Lewis Street Primary School, Salford, Manchester

Through our partnership with Sporting Futures (an apprenticeship provider which grew out of the inspiration and aspiration of the Stevenage Sporting Futures School Sport Partnership) the Youth Sport Trust contributed through the training of 206 apprentices who work within physical activity and extra-curricular sport in primary schools. Apprentices were particularly keen to put their training into practice:

Lots of relevant ideas and activities to take back into my school”

- Apprentice, from Welwyn Hatfield Sports Partnership

As the premium doubles from September 2017, we believe schools will need to take a more long-term approach. This will help all schools move beyond short-term interventions which only increase opportunity and activity today. Instead we need to ensure intelligent investment in the development of teachers and school staff. This strategic approach will ensure the Primary PE and School Sport Premium transforms schools, staff and ultimately the lives of young people long into the future.

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Invest your Primary PE and Sport Premium wisely by up-skilling your workforce. Kate Thornton-Bousfield, YST Development Manager for PE, talks about how we help schools to invest sustainably in your staff rather than contracting out delivery.

TRANSFORMING THE IMPACT OF PRIMARY PE

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Catherine Tighe from the Youth Sport Trust investigates a unique project recently rolled out in Hertfordshire to ensure improvements in the healthy development of young people across the county.

THE ‘DEVELOPING WELL’ PILOT STRATEGIC FOCUS IN HERTFORDSHIRE

With ever increasing pressures on young people, now more than ever, it is vital for them to develop resilience, empathy and aspiration. In Hertfordshire, 19% of reception children are overweight or obese, rising to 29% in Year 6 (National Child Measurement Programme 2015/16). Research has also found that young people in Hertfordshire do not feel they have the healthy coping strategies they need to remain resilient (Hertfordshire Health Related Behaviour Survey).

In Hertfordshire, a strategic group of 12 headteachers were brought together and galvanised into action by these statistics. To support their ambitions for a new approach to student wellbeing, the Youth Sport Trust partnered with Hertfordshire’s Public Health team and Hertfordshire Sport and Physical Activity Partnership to support 40 Primary Schools across the county. This led to the creation of the ‘Developing Well’ pilot. This programme involves YST Athlete Mentors working with a targeted group of students and delivering workshops focused on the following five themes:

workshops. Ian’s visit coincided with the start of our focused week on Growth Mindset and his story was the inspiration and evidence the pupils needed to interact with the class work. His mantra “practice makes progress” spread across the school. Through our Facebook page and Parents’ Forum, feedback was that pupils took that message home.

The workshop that followed was for our Year 4 pupils and we chose Red Head/Blue Head. The session involved the opportunity to reflect on what causes stress and then how we can manage it better. Ian’s personality and passion engaged all children and adults. Not only will it be something that will be long remembered within our school but we cannot wait for the next sessions.”

The Youth Sport Trust will continue to support primary schools in Hertfordshire for the remainder of the pilot and it is hoped that through continued great partnership working, we will be able to extend the reach of the programme and support more young people to achieve their potential.

CATHERINE TIGHE Development Manager, Youth Sport Trust

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• Red Head/Blue Head – coping with stress

• Active Family – engaging the family in physical activity

• Happy Me – increasing confidence

• Team Family – making the most of family time

• New Shoes – improving communication and understanding others.

Schools had the flexibility to choose which workshops they would like and which class or group of students they feel would benefit most from the sessions. Laura Woods, Headteacher at Roger de Clare CofE First School and Nursery (YST Level 2 member school) has shared her experiences of the programme so far.

“We were delighted to welcome Paralympian Ian Rose for a whole school inspirational assembly, followed by the first of five

If you would like more information on our Changing Lives team of Athlete Mentors or the Developing Well programme please contact solutions@youthsporttrust.org

YST INSPIRE takes the opportunity to say a special goodbye and thank you to outgoing Youth Sport Trust Chair, Baroness Sue Campbell, who is stepping down in December 2017 after 22 memorable years of successfully steering the charity through enduring change.

Foreword by Ali Oliver, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Sport Trust.

For anyone lucky enough to have ever visited Sue Campbell’s office in Loughborough two things stand out (other than images of her beloved dog Willow and how tidy it is). One is a simple wooden sign with a derivative of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s slogan, ‘well behaved women never made history’. For me this quote encapsulates the uniqueness of Sue... visionary, passionate, but most importantly, fearless in pursuing what she believes is the right thing to do for young people and sport. Sue has been much loved, occasionally lamented, but never afraid to tackle decision makers on the important issues in order to make a better history for young people. Sue has an enduring moral purpose and one quote will forever remind me of what she set the YST up to do and be:

Integrity is doing what is right, not what is popular or expedient.”

The second thing that stands out in Sue’s office is how it is adorned by pictures, not of the great and the good that she has met over the years (and there have been many of them of course), but by pictures of young people engaging in sport. These pictures are full of energy and hope, capturing a diverse range of young people benefitting from sport or changing the world for the better by leading their peers.

It is Sue’s understanding of the power of sport and a belief in the potential of every child that have been the driving force for Sue over the years. From her early days as a Physical Education teacher in Manchester to today, as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords. It is this passion and purpose she is now investing in the girls and women’s game at the Football Association. This will no doubt lead to both a thriving grass roots game and international success at the highest level.

In closing this tribute, the final thing that I want to say about Sue is how she has not just inspired young people and elite sportsmen and women, but how she has inspired the staff of the YST and most importantly the headteachers, practitioners and coaches working in school and youth sport. So many people have said to me that listening to Sue speak was so empowering and liberating for them, refreshing their outlook and driving them forward to make a difference. Sue makes the complex simple, she exposes one’s soul to what we know, believe and want to achieve, and in doing so, she lifts us so high we feel that anything is possible.

Sue, while words will never be enough to recognise all you have given to the YST, its followers and the young people it serves. For all that you have done for PE and school sport that has been recognised, and importantly for all that you have done that hasn’t, a huge and heartfelt thank you.

A TRIBUTE TOOUR VISIONARY LEADER

“One of the great heroes of British sport. Certainly one of mine. A new chapter for Baroness Sue C. Proud to be @YouthSportTrust Board Member”

Tim Hollingsworth @timhparaGB

“Changed, and changing our world day by day... thank you Baroness Sue Campbell for giving us hope, direction, and inspiration. #oneinamillion”

Alex Danson @AlexDanson15

“I don’t know anyone who has done more for youth sport than Baroness Sue Campbell. Good luck in your next chapter @YouthSportTrust”

Craig Heap-Olympian @ craigdavidheap

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I began work at the Youth Sport Trust on 1 May 1995 with two other colleagues – Helen Vost (fundraising), still working with us as Managing Director of YST International, and Mandy Bradley (office manager). We painted our office, replaced the carpet, installed desks and phones and started business! We had a big vision and some core funding. Our founder, Sir John Beckwith, had agreed to provide £250k a year for four years to establish the charity. Our first step was to develop and deliver the ‘TOP’ programmes – high quality resources, equipment and training for pre-school (TOP Tots, TOP Start); primary schools (TOP Play, TOP Sport); secondary schools (TOP Skill, TOP Link) and special schools (TOP Sportsability). We were on our way!

In 2000 I was appointed as the non-political adviser to Kate Hoey (Minister for Sport, DCMS) and Estelle Morris (Minister for Schools, DfE) and at their behest began working to create a new national strategy – PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy. The vision was to create a national network linking secondary, primary and special schools into families across the country.

In 2002 the first 30 School Sport Partnerships centred on Specialist Sports Colleges were established. Thanks to support from the Prime Minister and DfE this extended to include all schools across England by 2008 with 450 School Sport Partnerships championing physical activity, competitive school sport and high quality physical education. Activity levels rose from 23 per cent of pupils doing two hours of PE and sport a week in 2002 to over 90 per cent by 2009 – a monumental shift!

In October 2010, despite massive efforts on our part, the decision was taken by the new coalition government to remove funding for School Sport Partnerships and Specialist Sports Colleges, just 20 months before the start of the 2012 Olympics. It was a very sad day for all of us and for the future health of the nation.

Through effective negotiation and a very supportive Secretary of State at DCMS, we managed to obtain funding for 450 part-time School Games Organisers, providing a lifeline for many of the School Sport Partnership personnel.

As for the Youth Sport Trust, we went back to basics with a huge reduction in funding and consequently in staffing levels. I stepped back from my role as Chair to be interim Chief Executive Officer for one year and we returned to our roots with Sporting Start (early years and primary), Sporting Chance (inclusion) and Sporting Best (secondary schools).

At the 2012 Olympics as Chair of UK Sport I had the opportunity to discuss school sport with the Prime Minister and the need for investment in primary schools. Some six months later the PE and Sport Premium was announced.

“An influential leader who has made such a positive impact in education and beyond – best wishes Baroness Sue Campbell for the future”

ASCL @ASCL_UK

“An absolute legend who has worked so hard to bring out thousands of young people’s potential. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you x”

Hannah Cockroft MBE @ HCDream2012

“Sue Campbell is simply ‘inspiration personified’; how wonderful it has been to see her light up the career paths of so many young teachers”

SSAT @ssat

“A truly incredible woman & leader. Passion with authenticity inspired a movement & improved millions of children’s lives for years #legend”

H Richardson-Walsh @ h_richardson8

STARTING AGAIN

YOUTHSPORTTRUST.ORG A TRIBUTE TO OUR VISIONARY LEADER

THE JOURNEY

BEGINS

CREATING A NATIONAL NETWORK

After persistent ‘nagging’ and endless meetings with civil servants in the DfE we were given the opportunity to support schools to become Specialist Sports Colleges (1997). There were already other specialisms; technology being the leading one, but it was agreed there should be “ten sports colleges and no more”. By 2010, there were 504 schools with this designation! They were the fastest improving schools academically for four consecutive years (2005-2009) which was the result of great leadership by headteachers and creative use of the ethos, values and application of sport across the whole school.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH

GOVERNMENT

Throughout her 22 years with the Youth Sport Trust Sue has held roles as both Chief Executive and Chair. Here we chart the journey from humble beginnings in a Loughborough University corridor to helping play a much wider role, setting direction for and supporting a school sport system. INSPIRE asked Sue to reflect on the key moments in her journey with YST and what was needed to both shape a system and to successfully navigate an independent charity through the inevitable change that comes with ever-changing politics and personalities.

“Sue Campbell has been the most inspirational voice for PE & Sport for so long. Her passion for changing lives through sport is contagious!”

South Sefton SSP @southseftonssp

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What has been your greatest moment in sport?

Watching young people carry the torch at the opening of the London Olympics – my two worlds of youth sport and world class sport coming together.

What has driven you most over the years?

The opportunity to change lives through physical education and sport.

What moment made you laugh the most?

I have had many happy hours working at the YST and I have enjoyed laughing (and crying!) with my colleagues throughout the years.

Conversely, what has been your lowest ebb?

The decision to remove all funding for the national PE and School Sport Strategy in October 2010 was devastating but the campaign orchestrated by a school girl (Debbie Foote) showed all of us that this was a cause worth fighting for and one that young people themselves cared about.

What has been your greatest regret?

I’ve had many regrets along the way but perhaps my greatest regret was not being able to affect a change of heart in the decision to end the investment in school sport in 2010.

What has been your proudest moment?

Many but two that stand out – achieving the medal target in London 2012 and making the nation proud, and then standing on stage with Sally, a young leader with learning difficulties at an event at the Savoy and watching her receive a standing ovation for her speech.

What experience with a young person has affected you most?

In my first teaching job in Manchester I realised the difference between my role as a PE teacher and my purpose – changing lives through sport. Thanks to an encounter with a young rebellious woman who shaped my understanding and insight into working effectively with young people.

What are you still learning?

Even now I’m still learning new ways of influencing and shaping systems.

If you were to do it all again what would you do differently?

With hindsight we would all do some things differently but I feel I have had a very privileged career in sport.

What is your greatest secret?

Lunching with the Chinese Minister, a year before the Beijing Olympics, politely matching his whiskey drinking skills resulting in my escorts, John Steele and Tim Hollingsworth, virtually carrying me out of the building! The things we do to retain international relations!

You’ve chaired performance sport (UK Sport) and in a charity (Youth Sport Trust) – how do you compare the two?

The biggest difference was that UK Sport was about strategic investment to build a world leading high performance system and YST has been about influencing policy makers and persuading investors to support the delivery of high quality PE and sport in schools as a way of improving health, education and societal outcomes.

What are your hopes for young people in the future?

That young people are supported to rediscover the joy of movement and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.

What is your greatest fear?

That through neglect we see the decline of physical education and sport in our schools resulting in a more stressed and unhappy generation.

The best career advice you would give?

Discover your passion and follow it! Be courageous – individuals can and do make a difference!

As Head of Women’s Football for the Football Association you are still a busy woman. If stepping down from YST chair gives you a little more free time what are you most looking forward to?

More time with my dog Willow and who knows maybe a new puppy (don’t tell Willow!).

In a more intimate interview with YST INSPIRE we are privileged to learn a little more about what has made Sue the extraordinary leader she is and to read her personal reflections on her life and mission at the YST....

Guiding schools to achieve the government ambition of 30 active minutes in school every day.

Benefits of Active 30:30

• Increases physical activity outside of curriculum PE

• Influences remaining 30 minutes to be achieved by families, clubs and community groups

• Supports practitioners to create an active school

• Maximises impact of learning principles already established in school

For more information go to www.youthsporttrust.org/active3030

YST Level 2 and 3 members can access the full resource at an exclusive rate of £54! Contact membership@youthsporttrust.org to claim your code.

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Includes:

• Practitioner guidance resource • Action plan template• Activity review wall chart• Sample resource cards• Engagement cube• Timetable adaptation template• Reward certificates• Tips and guidance on how to share

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Resource pack £99

30 MINUTES, EVERY CHILD, EVERY SCHOOL DAY

10 STEPS TO ANACTIVE SCHOOL

Active 30:30 Champions athlete workshop £900

For more information go to www.youthsporttrust.org/healthymovers YST Level 2 and 3 members receive 10% discount. Contact membership@youthsporttrust.org to claim your code. All prices exclude VAT

Written to complement the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework.

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• EYFS wall hanger for your setting• Music CD to accompany activities

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PHYSICAL LITERACYIN THE EARLY YEARS

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Active School Communities has been developed by 11 partner organisations, representing a diverse range of stakeholders with an interest in promoting sport and physical activity in schools and local communities across Europe. This two year project is led by BG Be Active, based in Bulgaria and also brings together the combined knowledge and experience of experts in Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, UK, Slovenia, France and Italy. The role of YSTi has been to create a comprehensive toolkit for community sports organisations to help collaborate more effectively with schools. The toolkit is a practical, step by step guide on how to build, develop and maintain productive partnerships between community sports organisations and schools. It includes advocacy documents, a self-assessment tool and an action planning tool. Project partners are currently testing the toolkit in six European countries, including England and Scotland. In England, YSTi is working with the British Tennis Foundation in the rural county of Shropshire to build links between tennis clubs and local schools to increase participation.

Inactivity rates are rising in Europe and worldwide amongst both adults and children. Only one in three children takes part in the 60 minutes or more a day of moderate to vigorous physical activity recommended by the World Health Organisation. The proportion of inactive young people is growing despite evidence that physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for premature global mortality, provoking 6% of cases of coronary heart disease, 7% of Type 2 diabetes, 10% of breast cancer, 10% of colon cancer and causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally.

These stark facts prompted the European Commission to provide financial support for sport based interventions via their Erasmus+ programmes for education, training, youth and sport. Youth Sport Trust International (YSTi) is a key partner in a number of funded projects, including Active School Communities which supports links between sports clubs and schools to provide more opportunities for young people to take part in health enhancing physical activity.

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Helen Vost, Director of YST International, gives us an insight into the combined European work to develop a toolkit for our YST members to help create more opportunities for collaboration between schools and the wider community.

HELEN VOSTManaging Director, Youth Sport Trust International

Based on pilot feedback the toolkit will be revised and a final version produced with recommendations for use this term. All project partners will come together for a final meeting at the MOVE Congress 2017, an international conference in Birmingham from 4-6 October organised by the International Sport and Culture Association. The toolkit will be made available to all Youth Sport Trust member schools and then widely disseminated to encourage maximum use.

For further information about Active School Communities or any of the other European Union funded projects that YSTi is involved in please contact international@youthsporttrust.org

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As partners on our quest to build a brighter future for young people through PE, physical activity and school sport, we recognise schools and teachers are facing a busy and challenging environment.

YST SOLUTIONS TO YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL CHALLENGES

To help provide solutions to your whole school challenges, we’ve used our knowledge, expertise and insight to identify ten issues currently affecting schools. Throughout this academic year, we’ll be putting the spotlight on the challenges facing your schools and outlining practical ways we can help you to successfully address these.

This term we will be focusing on the following challenges:

• Knowledge, skills and confidence to deliver high quality PE/physical activity

• Supporting progress and attainment across the whole school

• Declining emotional wellbeing and resilience

• Tackling inactivity and physical wellbeing.

will provide holistic development of the whole child, allowing them to succeed in other areas of school life. Competent and confident delivery of high quality PE and physical activity in secondary school can ensure the development of teamwork, empathy and other character skills to increase employability and aspirations in young people.

To complement your 2017/18 YST Membership, there are a range of training opportunities available to help practitioners become more skilled and confident in their delivery of PE and physical activity.

For early years – our range of Healthy Movers resources and training for practitioner and families aim to develop the physical literacy of the whole child.

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/healthymovers for more information.

For primary – our suite of Start to Move resources and training will help teachers to proficiently deliver the foundation of fundamental movement skills in Key Stage 1. Delivered through resources and e-learning, Start to Move will develop the foundations of physical literacy, the building blocks of creating active and healthy children.

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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY PE AND PHYSICAL LITERACY

Evidence of need

At a time of increasingly sedentary behaviour with younger generations becoming more obese at a younger age, every child’s right to high quality physical literacy has never been more important. In a recent YST survey however, teachers only rated their confidence and competence to deliver high quality PE at 6/10 and 65% of primary school staff received less than 12 hours of PE training in their qualification.

Our solution

We recognise that teachers are the experts at giving children the tools and passion to learn. It is vital they are as confident and competent at delivering PE and physical activity as they are at other subjects in the curriculum such as maths or literacy.

We have worked tirelessly for over 20 years to support and train teachers to ensure the best quality opportunities are provided for young people. Developing physical literacy in primary school

The benefits of active learning in the classroom are widely acknowledged in a variety of areas of the curriculum. 70% of school staff reported the training they received through YST impacted young people by supporting cross curricular learning.

For primary – our range of Active Classroom resources and training allows core curriculum subjects to be taught in a fun and active way. Our Active Maths programme can be delivered through a range of practitioner resources, face to face training and e-learning.

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/activemaths for more information.

For secondary – our packages of support will help students build their confidence, manage physical and emotional wellbeing and achieve their potential in school exams. Using the experiences, skills and techniques of our world class Athlete Mentors, our Get Exam Fit programme will help young people cope with the stress and anxiety of assessment and prepare mentally and emotionally for their exams

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/getexamfit for more information.

DECLINING EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE

Evidence of need

Young people are facing increasing emotional stress and anxiety, caused by

peer pressure. The increasing reliance on technology and the rise of social media is also putting strain on our young people and encouraging obsessive comparisons with unachievable goals.

Our solution

Our work is having significant impact on the emotional wellbeing of young people, including girls, those with SEND and disengaged groups from areas of high deprivation. Our innovative solutions in this area will support the school workforce and young people to deal with these increasing pressures, helping them to develop greater emotional resilience and improve mental wellbeing.

For primary – our focus is to improve physical literacy and provide every child with the quality opportunities to learn fundamental skills and an understanding of wellbeing. By developing this crucial physical literacy in primary schools through our range of training and resources, this will lay the foundations for an active and healthy lifestyle.

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/starttomove for more information.

For secondary – since its launch in 2003, our acclaimed Living for Sport programme has used world class Athlete Mentors to inspire over half a million young people. The programme has been proven to tackle declining emotional wellbeing and boost confidence and resilience in young people. By helping develop vital character and employability

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/starttomove for more information.

For secondary – My Personal Best develops life, leadership and employability skills in young people through the physical education curriculum. This award winning support package is designed to inspire secondary PE teachers to confidently teach life skills through core curriculum PE.

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/mypersonalbest for more information.

SUPPORTING PROGRESS AND ATTAINMENT ACROSS THE WHOLE SCHOOL

Evidence of need

Global and UK specific research confirms the positive association between participation in physical activity and academic performance in young people. Physically active children have been found to have 40% higher test scores and are 15% more likely to go to higher education due to improved concentration and cognitive skills.

Our solution

Our research has shown YST member schools who have utilised our whole school achievement resources and training have seen a 7% increase in GCSE attainment. Our range of innovative products and services for schools include both training for the workforce and interventions for your young people.

SPRING 2017 @YOUTHSPORTTRUST

Youth Sport Trust Membership empowers all schools to achieve the mission of creating a brighter future for young people. Lucie Fenton outlines what’s new in membership for this academic year and takes a look back at the success of The Power of an Active School and National School Sport Week.

To find out more, please visit: www.youthsporttrust.org

LUCIE FENTONMarketing Officer – Membership, Youth Sport Trust

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Visit www.youthsporttrust.org/resourcesandlearning for more information on YST Resource and Learning solutions.

skills it encourages improvement in behaviour and attitude to achieve their personal goals in life.

Go to www.youthsporttrust.org/livingforsport for more information.

TACKLING INACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING

Evidence of need

Our young people are growing up in an increasingly pressurised world, which is having a detrimental impact on their physical wellbeing. Inactivity amongst young people is higher than ever before. Only 21% of boys1 and 16% of girls meet the minimum recommended guidelines for daily activity, and for the first time in history this generation may die at a younger age than their parents. Nearly a third of children aged 2-15 are overweight or obese.

Our solution

Supporting schools to deliver the government’s ambition of 30 active minutes in school every day will be key to tackling physical inactivity.

Research shows that education and health are closely linked. Impacting on the activity levels of pupils has the potential to improve education and wellbeing.

Our team of health specialists have designed specialist resources and training to help teachers achieve this ambition and deliver significant improvements in physical wellbeing.

For primary – Active 30:30 has been developed to help schools reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity in young people outside of timetabled curriculum PE. It also addresses how to help influence the remaining 30 active

minutes to be achieved outside of school by engaging families, clubs and community groups.

Made up of ten sequential steps, the Active 30:30 resource aims to support practitioners to create an active school which supports the principles of learning already established.

You can also access our Active 30:30 Champions Athlete Mentor programme; where one of our team of world class athletes will help bring the resources to life and further embed 30 daily active minutes into the school.

Level 2 and 3 members will recieve modules 1-4 as part of this year’s membership package. See your activation pack for how to access this new member benefit.

For more information www.youthsporttrust.org/active3030

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Range of solutions delivered through:

• Professional CPD• Resources• e-learning

For more information go to www.youthsporttrust.orgor contact solutions@youthsporttrust.org

Solutions to your whole school challenges

YST Level 2 and 3 members receive 10% discount on all YST Resources and Learning solutions. Contact membership@youthsporttrust.org to claim your code.

1 Health and Social Care Information Centre (2013) Health Survey for England 2012: Chapter 3, Physical activity in children

NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

We have listened to your feedback about the challenge of getting out of school for CPD and have now included online training in our 2017/18 offer. This will provide access to more of your staff to help spread effective practice in your school more widely. For primary we have a free module from Start to Move and for secondary you can access some of the online content for My Personal Best. For more info see www.youthsporttrust.org/membership

NEW YST NATIONAL TRAINING

For those who still prefer face to face training, in 2017/18 YST will be hosting a suite of innovative national training on a range of YST courses, including Healthy Movers, Active Classrooms and My Personal Best. All Level 2 and 3 members will receive a 10% discount at the time of booking.

To register your interest contact membership@youthsporttrust.org

SHOUT ABOUT US

Do you have a success story you would like share with us around the power of PE, school sport or physical activity? Do you have feedback on how we can help you tackle the challenges you face in school? Contact the team on membership@youthsporttrust.org

NATIONAL SCHOOL SPORTS WEEK

National School Sports Week (NSSW) was from 26-30 June 2017 and was a great success. There were 1,181 schools registered to take part, which reached 401,428 young people. Our free resources were really popular. On social media we sent 172 posts, received 669 posts and made 408,143 impressions. For information, all Youth Sport Trust members are automatically enrolled into NSSW as part of the membership package. See www.youthsporttrust.org/nssw

THE POWER OF AN ACTIVE SCHOOL

The Power of an Active School ran throughout 2016/17 and aimed to support schools to increase physical activity throughout the school day to boost health and academic achievement for their students. We trained over 700 teachers and reached in excess of 22,000 young people. The Dr Bird video was extremely popular with delegates as a tool to engage SLT in the power of physical activity to improve attainment, see http://bit.ly/2toRYIx

SAVE THE DATE

The YST Annual Conference 2018 takes place on 28 February at the RICOH Arena, Coventry. Register your interest at events@youthsporttrust.org

DFE ANNOUNCEMENT

The DfE has confirmed the allocation formula for the doubled Primary PE and Sport Premium. The changes are that from September 2017, schools with 16 or fewer eligible pupils receive £1,000 per pupil and schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. This is a straight doubling of the current formula and will mean that all schools can deliver further improvements to their PE and sport provision. More info can be found at http://bit.ly/2uWjjB7

We can support you to maximise your pupil investment so please get in touch at membership@youthsporttrust.org

YOUTH SPORT AWARD

The Youth Sport Award (YSA) is a unique award scheme that puts health and wellbeing at the heart of developing young people, ensuring a brighter future for generations to come. It is an exciting way to help young people collect and evidence the life skills they build through their experiences in and around sport to help them to build their confidence and independence, enhance leadership skills and achieve more in life.

If you are a YST Level 3 member you can access this for free, other levels please contact ysa@youthsporttrust.org or find out more at www.youthsporttrust.org/ysa

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and informative way. The face to face sessions provided CPD through creating a network of collaboration and support.

Follow-up support to fine-tune and further formulate the research process was also provided remotely from Dr Sue Jones, Senior Lecturer in Education at Exeter.

Here’s what the teachers thought of this collaborative approach to research:

I enjoyed meeting other innovators and hearing their ideas. It was great to have time to discuss and develop plans in collaboration with like-minded people”

- Sarah Brown, Second in PE Department, Warriner School, Banbury

A group of creative and committed PE professionals have undertaken research into how PE and sport can positively impact on wider educational outcomes for the pupils in their school. Some projects focussed on developing more active learning strategies in other curriculum areas; others considered the wider skills that PE can develop to equip their pupils for success in school and beyond.

Many schools seized the opportunity for their aspiring middle leaders to complete school-based action research that supported their career development whilst also hitting school improvement priorities. Some teachers used the research as part of the evidence for their personal professional development, eg NPQSL, Masters.

The project was developed in partnership with Exeter University, which has led planning sessions with teachers to help them structure their research using rigorous methodology, control groups and a simple reporting template to capture the main findings in an engaging

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SCHOOL PUTS PE FRONT AND CENTRE

As the new College of Teaching and the Education Endowment Foundation’s (EEF) Research Schools lend their weight to the already established tradition of teachers as researchers, we look at the emerging findings of some of the Youth Sport Trust’s Innovation Schools who have been following a similar theme.

ALI STURLADevelopment Manager, Youth Sport Trust

I loved the ‘putting it into our school context’ and how it could actually work on the ground. The input from Exeter University and YST really helped with ideas of how to conduct research”

- Rob Hodgson, Expert Practitioner Physical Education and Year 9 Progress Manager, Deyes High School, Liverpool

Our aim over the next year will be to showcase many of these research projects both via the members website and at various YST events. In the meantime here is a project that really hit the mark at Durrington High in Worthing, West Sussex.

CASE STUDY

Louise Nash and Lesley Graney from EEF research school Durrington High were just two of the teacher researchers we worked with. They had noticed some challenges around the resilience of some KS3 girls and set about researching whether an intervention using sport and physical activity could make a difference.

ISSUE

Improving grit and resilience is a priority to changing mindset. Students with a growth mindset deal with problems and challenges more successfully than others. Our school ethos of ‘going beyond our best’ aims to give students the tools to work towards their goals and to set high aspirations in all aspects of their lives.

METHODOLOGY

• Each Year 7 pupil completes a grit questionnaire when first starting the school

• The group of 31 girls were targeted as having the lowest grit score in the year

• There were three workshops over the year and the project finished with the girls taking part in the Race for Life event.

The first session involved the girls taking part in alternative sports such as fitness, benchball, assault course and dance. The girls also took part in workshops overcoming stereotypes both in sport and beyond, the link between activity and exam success and also body confidence.

The next workshop involved external agencies delivering the sessions to the girls aiming to share the same message of the importance of being active. They took part in football training and running sessions as well as workshops based around the This Girl Can initiative.

Then YST Athlete Mentor, Cassie Patten, delivered a presentation to the girls on overcoming barriers and working hard to achieve their goal. She inspired the girls through her story of how her sheer grit and determination resulted in her achieving an Olympic medal.

The project concluded with the girls taking part in a running club after school in preparation for the Race for Life in June.

FINDINGS

• 31 girls took part in at least one activity

• 21 girls improved their grit score

• Four girls stayed the same in terms of grit score

• Five girls decreased their score. This group only took part in one activity

• The nine girls who took part in all activities improved their grit score

• Eight girls were pupil premium, 75% of them improved their grit score

• The girls raised over £1,000 for cancer research and the messages of support on the JustGiving website were incredible.

REFLECTIONS AND PROJECT CONCLUSIONS

It is clear that sport can be a key catalyst for improving students’ grit and resilience. The workshops have broken down gender barriers and given the girls confidence. As teachers we have seen a transformation in the majority of the girls’ behaviours and attitude to learning not just in PE but across the school. There has been a positive response from parents who have thanked us for assisting the transition between primary and secondary school.

The fact that 68% of the girls improved their grit score shows the success of the project. The girls are going to be used as mentors for the new Year 7 group next year. This should help to overcome issues such as the five students this year who struggled to engage.

For more information on how to become part of this forward-thinking research network as it evolves in the next academic year please contact Ali Sturla, YST Development Manager - Whole School Achievement alison.sturla@youthsporttrust.org

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WORLD OF SPORT LEARN FROM SCHOOL SPORTS?

Competitive and performance sport have been rocked by recent bullying, doping and discrimination allegations with the scales tipped towards winning over welfare. Meanwhile school sport is rapidly adapting to the changing needs of young people. So what can the world of sport learn from school sport?

WILL ROBERTSDirector of Operations, Youth Sport Trust

their views on a range of situations in competitive and performance sport, and test these with their peers. The scenarios were always real, some better known than others, and these sessions provoked demanding debate, especially along the blurred line of what you would do to win, or to ensure fairness. For example, would you ‘throw’ a match earlier in a tournament if it gave you a theoretically easier route to win a medal?

As a result of this and of the current issues within the sporting world we chose to make ‘Moral Compass’ and ‘Sporting Behaviours’ the focus of the Athlete Education Programme of the 2017 School Games National Finals at Loughborough University. By bringing this focus into the heart of a highly competitive and high profile event, the Youth Sport Trust sought to challenge sport to discuss and probe these issues when they would genuinely be put under the spotlight. Through Athlete Mentor workshops this education programme was integrated with the preparation, competition, debrief and recovery environment of the young athletes to create an intensive and memorable experience.

In April 2017 following the publication of the DCMS Strategy and the emergence of a number of high profile issues in sport Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson published her comprehensive study into

Duty of Care in Sport. This report made recommendations in a number of areas including education, transition between athlete career phases, participant’s voice, equality, diversity and inclusion, safeguarding and mental health. The definitive focus of the report is a call for a better balance between winning medals and welfare of athletes.

The educational underpinning of school sport gives us the opportunity to set the tone for a more balanced proposition of sport for younger generations. The YST is asking itself, what more can we do to create school sport environments that are explicit about the importance of fun, friendship, tolerance, fair play and inclusion? This focus on how we experience activities rather than what the activities are have also been shown to appeal most to the late-millennials in education today.

If you want to do the same for young people in your school check out the YST Talent resources and e-learning online at www.youthsporttrust.org/yst-talent This content helps young people know their own values and make decisions in accordance with these on and off the playing field. By exploring their own values and recognising the values of others, young people are supported to develop the confidence to stay true to their values when under pressure.

Over the last 20 years, the top-end of British sport has undergone a dramatic transformation. Not only has the performance of Team GB rocketed from 35th place in the medal table at the 1996 Olympic Games to an astonishing 2nd place at Rio 2016, but the structures, systems and innovations have all been developed to facilitate this change.

Although some, such as team sports, may feel that they have not had opportunities to achieve such heights, the success has been almost universally heralded as an achievement for the nation to be proud of. Businesses, charities and schools have all paid attention to the success, and terms such as ‘marginal gains’ became commonplace, seeking to understand and emulate the approach and mentality required in order to make the critical performance difference.

However, recent cracks are threatening to remove the gloss from the focused approach. Accusations of bullying, doping, racism and discrimination have emerged in a

number of sports, and in spring 2017 the CEO of UK Sport, Liz Nicholl, described it as, “a wake-up call for sport”. On a wider scale, we see issues for young people in schools such as striving for body-perfection on social media, its impact on wellbeing, as well as increased use of diet supplements, based on both body image and sports performance enhancement.

The Youth Sport Trust developed and ran a bespoke and highly targeted National Talent Camp from 2007-16, each year bringing together around 300 of the most talented young athletes, coaches and officials from a range of sports. There was a desire to bring together young people from across the field of play to explore issues which transcend all roles in sport and reveal complex moral dilemmas and ethical debates across coaches, athletes and officials. As part of the shared curriculum developed for the camp we chose to focus around 20% of their time exploring their own ‘moral compass’.

This challenging section of the camp required young people to explore

For more information on our YST Talent programme see www.youthsporttrust.org/yst-talent

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When I stepped down after 15 years of headship, I received lots of cards and messages and warm wishes. But I didn’t receive any notes saying “well done on your performance management” or “thank you for being great at interpreting RaiseOnline”. No plaudits for my termly report to governors – not even from governors!

When you finally leave senior leadership those insights show the way people saw you, what they valued in you. The word that recurred most in relation to me was ‘ethos’ – that intangible sense of what a school feels like, how it presents itself, how it speaks publicly of its values.

I knew at the time, and I know now, that the most significant step-change in how we enhanced our school’s ethos was in 2002 we decided to seek designation as a Specialist Sports College.

It’s easy to forget just how powerful the specialist schools movement was across the English education system. It made us look at what our schools were like and what they could be. It wrapped us into a national mission to improve our schools.

The decision to become a specialist college was controversial. Staff, parents and governors asked rightful questions, the most persistent was one based on a tenuous stereotype

HEADTEACHER'S THOUGHTS

Geoff Barton is General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and former Headteacher of King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds. Here he reflects on his time at the helm during the transition into a Specialist Sports College.

about sport. “We are an academic school” some people said, “why would we become a sports college?”

No one asked that question within a year. Look at the Etons, Harrows and Westminsters of this world – no one ever doubted their commitment to academic excellence. Nor did anyone question their bold passion for extra-curricular sport. For these schools, success in the examination hall was inextricably linked with success on the sports field.

So it would be with us, except sports status took us much further. It had, at its heart, a focus on student leadership which transformed our culture. Students were hungry for the kind of opportunities to lead and mentor that had previously fizzled out. Younger students found new role models. Staff saw some previously

GEOFF BARTONGeneral Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

disaffected young people in a positive new light. Students became the most significant ingredient in our school – as they always should have been but now, in a completely unsoppy way, they genuinely were centre stage.

Without doubt King Edward VI School becoming a Specialist Sports College was the aspect of my headship I am proudest of. The culture shifted, aspirations were raised, health, leadership and internationalism became core attributes.

That’s why I am so proud to have on this label on my job description: former headteacher of a Specialist Sports College. It’s why I am so proud to be associated with the work and values of the Youth Sport Trust; it’s an organisation that changes the educational landscape for good.

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