Schools Sports Partnerships

Prospects4Sport works with SSPs across the country, supporting them with planning their work and creating and sustaining positive relationships with the wider sporting networks. 

More recently we have been working with SSPs to help them develop a future structure for school sport following Government announcements to reduce national funding.

Some of our consultancy work includes:

• The 5 hour offer: clarifying who does what - The Youth Sports Trust, Sport England and UK Sport have discussed and agreed their respective roles in supporting and delivering PE and sport in schools, the community and for elite sport. But how clear is the local picture?  At local level, how can SSPs and Local Authority Sports Development Officers work together to ensure that the 5 hour offer can become a reality? Which programmes should be led by which agencies? We have worked with SSPs and their partners to help answer these questions and support projects and programmes by developing clear action plans.  From a 3 hour planning session to a 3 month action planning process, our approach will help your SSP to make it clear who does what in your local area
• Working with the Further Education sector and getting the best out of FESCos -  We have worked with FE for over 10 years and are aware of the culture and tradition of the sector, and the long struggle for resources.  One of the most important lessons from our evaluation of the pilot projects on behalf of the YST is that a strong relationship between the PDM and the FE College is crucial.  We can help support PDMs to ensure clear roles, co-ordination of effort and resources, particularly where there is more than one FE College in a small geographical area.

Our work in this area includes:

• Helping SSPS to plan for the future
• Helping individual SSPs get to know and understand the work of their local FE College, and vice versa
• Production of County Action Plans for FE Colleges working with other partners
• Advocacy work with College Principals and Senior Management Teams regarding resources for sport
• Training for FESCos and College staff regarding the sporting networks and programmes
• Training for PDMs and CSP staff on how to work best with FE Colleges
• Effective planning for different types of FESCo role depending on the geographical and structural influences.

 Clients include: