School Sports Partnership

The School Sports Partnership Initiative is one work strand of the Government's newly formed P.E & Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) document that recently replaced the Physical Education, School Sport and Club links Strategy (PESSCL).

School Sports Partnerships (SSP's) are families of secondary and primary schools that work together to enhance the quality of sporting opportunities, through the curriculum, Out of School Hours Learning, inter-school competitions and school to club links.

A typical School Sports Partnership will consist of:

Partnership Development Manager (PDM) - 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 with a clear focus on raising the percentage of young poeple accessing 5 hours of quality PE & sport per week.

Competition Manager (CM) - Another full-time role where a CM is usually based across 2 SSPs and hosted by a specialist sports college. Their roles are primarily focused on raising the quality and quantity of competitive opportunities for all young people by delivering clear consistent and progressive competitive opportunities.

School Sport Co-ordinators (SSCO's) - An SSCo is based in a secondary school and concentrates on improving school sport opportunities by developing out of school hours learning, volunteering and leadership and club links across a family of schools.

Priamry Link Teachers (PLT's) - PLT's are based in primary and special schools and aim to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport in their own schools.

In Hampshire there are 10 School Sports Partnerships covering all schools in the County (excluding Portsmouth, Southampton and Isle of Wight).

Schools in the Winchester District are covered by the Hamble, Toynbee and Perins School Sports Partnerships.

Hamble School Sports Partnership - The Hamble School Sports Partnership is lead by Mandy Quill, Partnership Development Manager and encompasses Swanmore College of Technology and it's link primary schools.

Toynbee School Sports Partnership - The Toynbee School Sports Partnership is lead by Lisa Binney, Partnership Development Manager. The partnership encompasses Henry Beaufort, Kings, Westgate Schools and their link primary schools. Visit the Toynbee School Sports Partnership website for more information

Perins School Sports Partnership
The Perins School Sports Partnership is lead by Gary Timson, Partnership Development Manager and encompasses Perins Sports College and it's link primary schools.