School Sport
PE, School Sport & Club Links (PESSCL) is a joint DCMS/DfES initiative to implement a national strategy for PE & School Sport. The Government is investing £459 million between 2003/04 and 2005/06 in support of the project.
The DCMS/DfES shared Public Service Agreement target has been extended to 2008. The target is now to enhance the take-up of sporting opportunities by 5 to 16 year olds so that the percentage of school children in England who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum increases from 25% in 2002 to 75% by 2006 and to 85% by 2008, and to at least 75% in each School Sport Partnership by 2008.
The project has eight sub-delivery programmes and is closely linked with a separate project to implement the recommendations of the Coaching Task Force. These are as follows:
- Specialist Sports Colleges
- School Sport Partnerships
- Gifted and Talented
- QCA investigation
- Step into Sport
- Professional Development
- Club Links
- Swimming
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