1. Kirstie Hickson Policy Officer (South)
How do you change the culture of the college and embed physical activity across the curriculum?
Kirstie Hickson Policy Officer (South)

3. Fit for College, Fit for Work, Fit for Life
Vision What: Every college student participating in physical activity or sport
Why: PA and sport are essential components of college life, providing significant advantages in education, employment and health
Aims
(education, employability and health)
Objectives
…for colleges……for sport…

4. Focus on attitudes and behaviours
100% of students
50% of students
20% of students
10% of students
50% currently inactive
50% active once per week
20% active at college
10% sport focussed: studying, performing, competing

5. £25 Million invested over 5 years by Sport England (2012-17)
Active Colleges
£25 Million invested over 5 years by Sport England ( )
£17 Million for 153 College Sports Makers (CSMs) in 168 colleges (5 years)
£8 Million for FE Activation Fund over 3 rounds

6. Physical Activity in Colleges
What percentage of students said college sport enhanced the student experience? What percentage of students agreed that doing sport or physical activity helped their employability skills? What percentage of students said that participating in sport improved their mental wellbeing? What percentage of colleges have developed cross college sport and physical activity strategies?
72% 44% 79% 42%

7. Benefits of Physical Activity

8. Embedding sport & physical activity across college

9. Guidance from Public Health England

10. Eight Principals for Practice
Develop and deliver multi-component interventions
Ensure skilled workforce
Engage student voice
Create active environments
Offer choice and variety
Embed in curriculum, teaching and learning
Promote active travel
Embed monitoring and evaluation

11. This is where Emma comes in with practical example.

12. Completing the self-assessment

13. Standards and examples

15. Sport and Ofsted
Truro and Penwith Ofsted report highlighted sport and physical activity five times
Improves employability skills
Adopting a healthy and active lifestyle
National competitions
Improve the motor skills and fitness of learners with high needs
Sports strategy was key

16. Cross College Strategy

17. Good practice examples
Enrichment in study programmes
Fit for work programmes
Childcare courses
Mental health
Tutorials
Disability students
Student management teams
Prevent agenda

18. What can you do from today?
Utilise and promote Towards Outstanding
Work with your College Sport Maker or equivalent
Help change the culture of your college by being an advocate for physical activity
Embed within your own lessons

19. Questions?

20. Kirstie Hickson Kirstie_Hickson@aoc.co.uk