Physical education and school sport

Bedfordshire County Council supports the Government’s Public Service Agreement for Physical Education and School Sport. The 2008 PSA supports the national strategy for Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) and states that the target is:

“To increase the percentage of school children in England who spend a minimum of 2 hours each week on high quality PE and school sport, within and beyond the curriculum to 85% by 2008.”

Bedfordshire achieved the 2006 PSA of 75% comfortably, by achieving over 80%, making the 2008 target realisable.

In Bedfordshire there are a number of developments supporting the national strategy.

Bedfordshire and Luton PESSCL Strategy Group

This is newly formed group that will bring together all the agencies in Bedfordshire and Luton involved with physical education and school sport.

Space for Sport and Arts and Lottery New Opportunities Fund Outreach work

Bedfordshire have two officers developing community programmes based on sites whose facilities have been improved from external funding through the two named programmes.

For further information contact Amanda Ward (07920 536732) and Annelise Robinson (07920 536736).