PESSCL to PESSYP - About us - Mid Kent and Ashford

PESSCL to PESSYP

In 2002, DCSF and DCMS launched the National PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy and began to transform the landscape of PE and sport in schools. Through it, schools created a national structure which enabled more children and young people to take part in a wider range of sports for more time.

Building on this success, the government want to go further and ensure that sport becomes a natural part of every young person's life, not only during their school years, but also into their college and working lives. So they are investing at least £755 million from 2008 to 2011 in the new PE & Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP). Their new ambition is to:

Create a new '5 hour offer' for all 5-16 year olds. Continuing to increase the number of 5-16 year olds taking part in at least two hours of high quality curriculum PE each week; and creating new opportunities for them to participate in a further three hours each week of sporting activity, through school, voluntary and community providers.

The new PE & Sport Strategy for Young People forms part of a Public Service Agreement:

'To deliver a successful Olympic Games and Paralympic Games with a sustainable legacy and get more children and young people taking part in high quality PE and sport'.

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