1. PE and School Sport National and Local Update Chris Caws
YST Regional Development Manager

2. Youth Sport Trust - Sport Changes Lives
How we work
Influence government & national strategy
Support schools to improve achievement and life chances of young people in and through Physical Education, physical activity and school sport
National partnership working to support effective implementation of PE & Sport Premium
Develop interventions, training and products to enhance the quality of PE and school sport

3. What do we do….
Hub Schools
Rugby World Cup 2015

4. Physical & mental wellbeing
PE and school sport support whole school improvement
Physical & mental wellbeing
Culture & ethos
Engagement & motivation
Achievement & attainment

5. Whole school approaches
Context
Values
Pedagogy
Skills
Leaders and role models

6. YST Lead schools Project Ability – Haygrove
Project Ability is a bespoke project within the School Games designed to help drive and increase opportunities for young disabled people
Leadership, Coaching & Volunteering - ?
Drive and increase leadership, coaching & volunteering opportunities for ALL young people
Health & Well Being - ?
Using PE and Sport effectively to improve all aspects of health and wellbeing such as maintaining a healthy weight and develop emotional and mental wellbeing

7. YST Innovation Schools
A culture of collaboration and professional dialogue
Using the power of Physical Education and school sport to raise standards through:
SEND
Health & Wellbeing
Sport
Physical Education
Leadership & employability
Closing the gap
Core subjects & the wider curriculum

8. Why become an innovation school?
Part of an influential national network
Work with key national stakeholders
Influence policy & practice
Benefit from the latest research
High quality CPD across the school
Most importantly, an opportunity to focus on
your existing school priorities

9. Promoting Employability
What we know....
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Promoting Employability
How PE & sport can contribute to students’ employability skills

10. Learning to Grow CBI survey 2012
71% of employers believe schools should be prioritising employability
61% expect to increase the proportion of employees with higher level skills over the next 3-5 years
Employers are far less confident of filling highly skilled jobs than low skilled jobs over the next 3-5 years

11. What skills are we talking about?
Self-management
Team working
 Business and customer awareness
Problem solving
Communication and literacy
Application of numeracy
Use of IT
CBI, 2011 survey of employers
“Firms need young people that are resilient, good communicators and understand how to work as part of a team.
"We believe that successive governments have failed our young people by not properly equipping them for their future careers.“
John Longworth British Chambers of Commerce director general (2nd October 2014)

12. Outstanding Provision
Outstanding leadership of PE ensures that pupils, and particular groups of pupils have excellent educational experiences in lessons and in extra-curricular sport, and these ensure that they are very well equipped for the next stage of their education, training or employment.
PE makes an outstanding contribution to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
Ofsted supplementary guidance 2014
In order to be outstanding:
‘The school’s thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and their physical wellbeing enables them to thrive in a supportive, highly cohesive learning community.’

13. What YST are developing......
Young people improve their life skills which better prepares them for the next stages of education, training and employment
Young people understand how to review and improve their own life skills
PE teachers are able to support young people to improve their life skills within PE
Schools and teachers are more overt about how life skills are learned through PE and sport

14. YST Headteacher Ambassadors
Part of a national network of advocates for the power of PE and sport
Close to national policy & practice
Critical friends to the YST and its development work
2014/15 will bring increased opportunities for professional development for HT Ambassadors & their staff and a widening of the group

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