BSF: Building Schools for the Future

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BSF Building Schools for the Future
Liz Delany PE Sports Adviser, PfS Justin Hill
BSF Project Manager, Sport England Jane
Hargreaves Barking Dagenham
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BSF is about transforming learning and teaching
environments
What will Sport and PE look like for your
community, your schools in 20 years time ??
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FORMAT

• Setting the Scene PE and Sport BSF
• Liz Delany, PfS
• Strategic Planning available tools
• Justin Hill
• BSF PE and Sport Stakeholder Group example
• Jane Hargreaves Barking Dagenham
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Transformation improving schools

• Improved behaviour
• Improved attendance
• Improved concentration
• Improved attainment
• Improved inclusion
• More young people achieving

through Sport and PE
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Transformation - improving communities

• Neighbourhood renewal
• Social inclusion
• Reduction in crime and disorder
• Improved health
• Raised levels of achievement
• Increased participation
• Increase in volunteering

through Sport and PE
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Education Vision Key policy strands
Education Vision

• Authority context corporate vision
• Teaching learning
• Inclusion and SEN
• Childrens Services Extended Schools
• ICT
• Workforce reform / CPD
• School organisation and diversity

PE SPORT
What services, systems or facilities are
required ?
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Sports Adviser posts
Strategic negotiation to support programme
YST/SE
PfS Project Teams
School Sport Partnerships
County Sport Partnerships
Community Sport Networks
Specialist Sport Colleges
LOCALAUTHORITY HEAD OFLEISURE /OR EQUIVALENT
AUTHORITY STRATEGIC LEAD FOR PE/ / ADVISER
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COUNTY SPORT PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP OF AGENCIES
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY DELIVERY
SYSTEM IN THEIR AREA. CSPs PROVIDE STRATEGIC
COORDINATION AND PLANNING FOR SPORT FOCUSSED
PRIMARILY ON DELIVERING THE COMMUNITY SPORT PSA,
AND SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL SPORT PSA IN THEIR
AREA CAN PROVIDE STATISTICAL DATA RE FACILITIES,
SPORTS, PARTICIPATION, CLUBS, COACHES, COMMUNITY
NEEDS
SCHOOL SPORT PARTNERSHIP and SSC ANNUAL PESSCL
SURVEY DATA. SCHOOL CLUB LINKS DATA STRATEGIC
KNOWLEDGE OF SSP/SSC EVIDENCE OF PSA TARGET
AROUND HIGH QUALITY PE EVIDENCE OF IMPACT OF
SPECIALISM ON WHOLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LINKS TO
EXISTING PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND TRANSITION DATA
PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROFESSION INFO. RE THE
AUTHORITYS POSITION RE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
PE SPORT CURRICULA TARGETS, PESSCL,14-19,
DELIVERY AGAINST LOCAL PSA TARGETS, ECM
ALIGNMENT,EXTENDED SCHOOLS, OFSTED
For two-tier authorities, a dialogue with
Districts Boroughs is essential with respect to
facilities infrastructure
LOCAL AUTHORITY LEISURE LEAD INFO RE THE
AUTHORITIES THE STRATEGIC POSITION RE
PROVISION, AREAS OF NEED IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY
PROVISION, FACILITIES, LINKS TO OTHER
AGENDAS,YOUTH,CRIME REDUCTION, INCLUSION ETC. AS
WELL AS LSP, LAA TARGETS
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• How can we ensure this knowledge and information
  contributes to the BSF

CSP
Regional BSF Cultural posts London, Yorkshire
N. West
Supported by PfS Sport /PE Advisor
STRATEGIC LEAD PE SCHOOL SPORT
SSP/SSC
PE SPORT STAKEHOLDER GROUP
HEAD OF LEISURE/ COMMUNITY SPORT
Local Authority Project Board
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PE SportStakeholder Group
Local Authority Project Board
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NOT JUST FACILITIES

• NGBs/Clubs
• Increasing participation, increasing the number
  of accredited clubs,
• increasing the number of active members within
  clubs, increasing the
• number of qualified coaches, increasing the
  number of active volunteers, etc school club
  links..
• Community Participation
• Vocational Training, Adult Learning
• ICT
• Workforce Development
• Inclusion

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ADDED VALUE from PE COMMUNITY SPORT egs
Local Authorities needs analysis for leisure
provision Playing Pitch Strategies Consultation
School, Community, Local Clubs, End Users NGB
Whole Sport Plans Sport England tools
available Active People (www.activepeoplesurvey.
com) Active Places (www.activeplaces.com)
Sports Facility Calculator AlsoEarly
engagement re planning issues, queries support
Design expertise/support Case Studies /Support re
Operational mgt. Funding guidance SSP Play
Strategy,PESSCL data, high quality P.E.
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• Strategic Planning for Sport and BSF
• Justin Hill
• Building Schools for the Future Project Manager
• Working on behalf of Sport England and Arts
  Council England (London Region)

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Context

• Sport England provides two planning functions
• Statutory Planning
• Sport England is a statutory consultee on any
  application
• affecting a playing field. Also non-statutory
  consultee on
• applications for major sporting facilities and
  large residential
• developments. Advise on planning policy and Local
• Development Frameworks Regional Spatial
  Strategies
• Strategic Planning
• Work with Local Authorities to improve strategic
  planning
• for community sport.

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Why do we need to plan strategically for sport as
part of the BSF Process?

• Many factors influencing local sports provision
• Ageing sports facility stock
• New commercial providers health/personal
  fitness
• Housing growth new homes and communities
• Olympic legacy and community participation (3 x
  30)
• Investment planned and future investment- BSF
• Extended use and community use of school sites

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What do we need to do?

• Research and understand all current provision
• local authority leisure facilities
• Education and school
• Community and club
• Commercial
• Look at participation data Active People Survey
• Where are the gaps in provision?
• Consider demographic changes increased demand?

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Who should be involved?

• Stakeholder Group
• BSF Team
• Leisure and Culture departments
• Leisure contractors
• Children and Young People Services
• Local Authority Planners
• Schools and young people gt consultation
• County Sports Partnerships (sub-regional)
• Community Sports and Physical Activity Networks
• Local community including clubs
• National Governing Bodies of Sport

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What about earlier wave authorities?

• Engage with leisure and culture departments
• Consider the role of a stakeholder group
• Use Sport England planning tools to
• Look at existing provision
• Look at proposed provision
• Can gaps in be addressed through proposals?
• Added value
• Community use and management
• Pre-application support and design

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What are the support tools available?

• A range of planning tools, guidance documents and
• support resources available. However the main
• applications for strategic planning for BSF are
• www.activepeoplesurvey.com www.activeplaces.com
• www.activeplacespower.com

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• Largest ever survey of sport and active
  recreation
• Provides reliable statistics on participation in
  sport and active recreation for all 354 local
  authorities
• Survey measures participation but also
  volunteering, club membership, organised sport /
  competition, tuition and coaching satisfaction
  levels
• Market segmentation
• Middle Layer Super Output Area estimates
• Training and registered users
• Repeat annually 500 interviews per authority per
  year up to 2012

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• Insert small area estimate map

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• Active Places
• Search database of over 50,000 sport facility
  locations
• Local authority, commercial and club sites
• Location, size, facilities, opening times
• Accessible to general public
• Active Places Power
• Interactive database
• Free of charge to registered local authority
  users
• Reports and planning tools for detailed analysis

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• Insert example visual screen from active places

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• Active Places Power Plus (Facilities Planning
  Model)
• Strategic planning tool that gives an objective
  assessment of
• current level of supply of facilities, estimated
  demand (at peak period) with current population
  (baseline data)
• future level of supply of facilities, estimated
  demand (at peak period) with projected population
  (scenario testing)
• Assessment is across borough boundaries which
  identifies gaps in provision, met demand and
  unmet demand
• Swimming pools and sports hall available now -
  artificial turf pitches to be online soon

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Outcomes of strategic planning in the BSF Process

• An evidence base to inform Strategy for Change
  Documents and other key strategies at a local
  level
• BSF facility proposals that are needs led and
  respond to school and wider community
• Rationalisation and modernisation of provision
• Added value
• Opportunity to create specialist facilities
  supporting identified needs of the school (s) and
  sport
• Secure additional capital investment
• Support PESSCL targets and links with local clubs
• Well positioned and attractive facilities
  accessible to the wider community

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Signposting to support documentsavailable from
www.sportengland.org/downloads
Designing Sport Spaces for Schools and the
Community
Community Sport and Arts on Education Sites (to
be released soon)
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Signposting to support documentsavailable from
www.sportengland.org
Building Schools for the Future A guide to the
potential VAT issues of community use and
possible solutions
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London Borough of Barking and DagenhamBSF Sport
and Leisure Sub Group

• Jane Hargreaves Head of Quality and School
  Improvement LBBD

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Timescales

• 4 May 2007 BSF PE and Sport Meeting
• 28 September 2007 Submission of Strategy for
  Change 2
• 28 February 2008 Submission of Outline Business
  Case

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Remit

• To act as the key stakeholder group to provide a
  collective lead on how BSF will contribute to the
  development of sport and physical activity in
  LBBD
• Key representatives
• - Specialist Sports College (and Sports
  Coordinators)
• - LBBD Leisure, Arts and Olympics
• - School Improvement/Educational Transformation
• - School estate/BSF design
• - Extended schools
• - Pro-Active East, County Sport Partnership
• Plus Partnership for Schools/Sport England
  advice

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Some Strengths

• Established specialist Sports College
• - network of sports coordinators
• - recognised areas of excellence
• Range of sporting strengths across all secondary
  schools
• 5 dual use school/community sports halls
• Full service extended school (PfI) with General
  Manager
• Sports Development Strategy in draft

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Focus of Workstream (i)

• Sharing evidence base e.g.
• - provision mapping
• - Sport England Active People Survey
• - drawing schools/community evidence together

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Focus of Workstream (ii)

• Priorities agreed to meet identified challenges
• - addressing gaps in provision
• - increasing access and participation
  (including targeting under-represented groups
  and sports including those with LDD)
• - promoting excellence developing sporting
  pathways and capitalising on Olympic legacy

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Refining Sports Development Strategy to Reflect
BSF

• Outcomes
• - 3 further schools to open up sports
  facilities to the community through BSF plus
  special school community sports development
• - 8 target sports for development identified
  across schools and community
• - Model of sporting hubs and academies agreed
  to develop sporting pathways
• - Additional priority facilities identified

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Work in Progress

• Finalise sporting hubs (capital and development
  implications)
• Sports plan and coach development strategy for
  each target sport
• Resource negotiations brokered by BSF/Sport
  England
• Similar provision for arts/culture

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Contact us

• PfS PE Sport Adviser Liz Delany (South) 07917
  184129
• liz.delany_at_partnershipsforschools.org.uk
• Sport England, Justin Hill 0207 273 1956
• Justin.hill_at_sportengland.org
• Barking Dagenham, Jane Hargreaves020 8270
  4818jhargreaves_at_bardaglea.org.uk

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