Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity

Active schools, active children, at the heart of all we do

More than ever physical education, School sport and physical activity are at the heart of school life, this area affects physical and mental health over the long and short term as well as behaviour, attainment, resilience, and a range of individual and social skills, the PE Team can offer support, guidance and advice to enhance the delivery of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA).

Our aim is to ensure that every child can access the opportunity to participate in a wide and varied range of physical activities and to experience a broad, balanced curriculum with a wide range of sporting and enrichment opportunities. We work to ensure that every school has a rich and vibrant curriculum, enrichment opportunities. We work to ensure that every school has a rich and vibrant curriculum, enrichment programme, competition and event offer as well as trained confident staff who have access to a range of support provisions.

When working with schools we endeavour to enhance their offer to promote behaviour, enhance personal development and leadership opportunities and raise the quality of education provided in line with the Ofsted framework, across all phases and key stages.

The principles underpinning our offer are to:

Address local inequalities and greatest need
Increase engagement and opportunities
Ensure inclusive practice and opportunities
Collaboration
Connecting communities and ensuring young people can access appropriate community opportunities
Increase the physical literacy of young people to contribute to improving Active Lives

We work with a wide range of partners which include Active North Tyneside (ANT), Youth Sport Trust (YST), Public Health, National Governing Bodies (NGBs), RISE and School Sport Associations to ensure there is a strategic and co-ordinated approach at a local, regional, and national level.

Service level agreement entitlement includes:

Physical Education

Bespoke PE subject leader / curriculum support, advice & guidance, as well as PE subject reviews
School focused health check and audit of PESSPA offer
Invitations to PE Networks, subject leader sessions, Primary & Secondary (as well as drop-in sessions)
Ofsted updates and support around inspection and deep dive
Advice and guidance to support your school’s use of the Primary PE funding and suitable reporting procedures
Subsidised places on either school based or centralised PE
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in areas such as, Subject leadership in PE, Games, Gymnastics, Dance, Athletics, OAA & team building, Playground leaders/ Sports Leaders, Engaging the less active
Support, advice and guidance regarding Safe Practice in PE, School sport and physical activity
On-site risk assessment to support the delivery of PESSPA
Inclusion in the coordinated school swimming programme/Top up offer – key stages 1,2 & 3
Specialist advice and support for swimming and outdoor and adventurous activities across all phases
North Tyneside cluster membership to Youth Sport Trust (YST) offering additional virtual CPD training opportunities
Regular updates on the latest national and local information, resources, training, and events to support PESSPA
Support staff in developing physical activity area of the Healthy School Award and supporting the curriculum expectations

School sport & competition

Entry to events in the North Tyneside programme of activities which include the North Tyneside Dance Festival, Trail & Challenge, Swimming Galas and Cross Country.

Notification of Virtual events, competitions, and initiatives
Sport specific training to support competitions (upon request)
Access to initiatives to support targeted provision, e.g.Girl’s football
Affiliation to North Tyneside School Sports Association (NTSSA) and subsequent local & county associations

To deliver the entitlement, the team will undertake all aspects of the administration, organisation, expenditure, and communication relating to North Tyneside events and School Games programme. This ensures that there is a strategic co-ordination of North Tyneside school sport.

Physical Activity

Access to opportunities to support the increase of physical activity in schools and strategies to engage the least active
Contribute and support the delivery of healthy active lifestyles and well being initiatives in and beyond the curriculum, active travel, bikeability
Development of Active school offer, cross curricular links, and Active Mile
Opportunities for young people to access leadership training, training is age appropriate
Support for the delivery of transition activities
Access and support from the PESSPA database of Sports & Physical activity providers
Advice and guidance to develop links to local clubs and associated sport programmes
Assistance with funding applications to support appropriate school sport programmes
Secondary Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) programme advice and support

Please note that a half termly ebulletin will be shared with all SLA schools reporting upon all aspects of PESSPA

Educational visits (In order to support OAA / Residential / Enrichment activities)

Approval/Non approval of visits on eVisit

Bespoke training for headteacher/EVC/establishment administrators/group leader and additional staff
1:1 support session in school
Whole/part staff training sessions
Access and training for the eVisit support system
Updated document library on eVisit e.g. Risk assessment templates and exemplars
Access to annually updated guidance documents such as your school’s educational visit Policy
Additional detailed guidance on non-approval
Broadcast updates through eVisit