Improving High Quality Physical

Education for All Young People

 Workshop outcomes
PLTs should be able to:
• Recognise the characteristics of high quality PE and school
sport
• Identify the role and responsibilities of the PLT in supporting
staff and pupils to achieve high quality PE and school sport
(PESS)
• Establish their own school’s strengths and areas for
improvement in relation to high quality PESS (as part of
whole school development)
• Identify strategies to raise standards within PE, sport and the
whole school
• Identify key aspects for their action plan to develop high
quality PE and School Sport

PLT Support Stage 2A 2

 CREATING A SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY
Specialism Schools as a
Community
Impact resource
Engaging
Maximising Embedding
Partnerships ALL students
the ‘workforce’

High Quality Physical Education

Coaching School-club Gifted and
links Talented

Leadership
Competition
And Volunteering
 The language might change but the Mission
remains the same...

Our mission is to improve and increase the

quality and quantity of physical education and
sport opportunities for young people, to show
how PE and sport can enhance young people’s
attainment and achievement and to create
pathways for them to continue to be active
beyond school.

PLT Support Stage 1A 4

 Outcomes of a School Sport Partnership

• High Quality PE for all students

• Opportunities for all young people to:
– Participate in a range of high quality activities on a school site
– Access a range of activities in a community environment
– Compete within and against schools
– Develop their potential
– Undertake high quality Leadership and Volunteering roles

PLT Support Stage 1A 5

 High quality PE and school sport

• When there is high quality PE and school sport

you will see young people who…….

• When there is high quality PE and school sport

you will see teachers who…..

PLT Support Stage 2A 6

Where there is high quality PE and school sport, you
will see young people who:
• Show a strong commitment to making PE & sport
part of their lives in both school & community
• Know and understand what they are trying to
achieve & how to go about it
• Understand how PE & sport contributes to a healthy
and active lifestyle
• Have confidence to get involved in school &
community sport
• Have the skills to take part; are in control of their
movements

PLT Support Stage 2A 7

 Where there is high quality PE and school sport, you
will see young people who:
• Respond to a range of different activities as
individuals and as part of a team
• Think about what they are doing and make
appropriate decisions for themselves
• Show a desire to improve and achieve in relation to
their abilities and aspirations
• Have the stamina, suppleness and strength to keep
going
• Enjoy PE and school and community sport

PLT Support Stage 2A 8

 Outcomes of high quality PE and school sport
• Committed
• Understand
• Healthy, active lifestyle
• Confidence
• Skills
• Range of competitive, creative & challenge-type activities
• Think & decisions
• Show a desire to improve
• Stamina, suppleness & strength
• Enjoy

PLT Support Stage 2A 9

 OSHL is about ….
• Extending (HQ PE)

• Enabling (HQ PE)

• Enriching (HQ PE)

PLT Support Stage 2A 10

 PLT role and responsibilities
Role:
• Share good practice with school colleagues to support high quality physical
education.

Responsibilities:
• Advocate the role of physical education and sport in raising whole school
standards.
• Encourage the school to ensure that young people take part in a minimum
of 2 hours high quality physical education, leading to further appropriate
activities and opportunities on the school
• To work with the school leadership team to ensure provision of high quality
physical education for all young people in their school.
• Work with the School Sport Coordinator in signposting to the Local Delivery
Agency to support the delivery of high quality physical education.

PLT Support Stage 2A 11

 Placing PE & Sport at the heart of school life

How are you going to have a

sustainable effect on your
school/college, the PE/sport
Placing PE &
professionals around you and your
Sport at the heart colleagues?
of school life

Sustainability & Effectiveness of PE & Sport:

Whole school /college ownership, involvement & improvement
Line Management Involvement
PE Department Involvement

PLT Support Stage 2A 12

 High quality PE mapping
• Green (across whole school/ all staff)
– good curriculum
– good delivery
– good assessment
• Amber (across part of school/ some staff)
– average curriculum
– average delivery
– average assessment
• Red (across whole school/ most staff)
– weak curriculum
– weak delivery
– weak assessment

PLT Support Stage 2A 13

 The L in HQ PE

Curriculum
Curriculum

L
R Assessment
Pedagogy

Pedagogy Assessment

14 PLT Support Stage 2A

 PLT priorities
• Confirm details in action plan
• Share action plan with Head
• Share action plan with PDM & SSCo and
consider further CPD/ support needed
• Go for it – make a difference!

PLT Support Stage 2A 15