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Sport and Physical Activity Strategy 2012 – 2017
An Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

Foreword
Our 5 year strategy, and the partnership delivering it,
was formed in order to raise attainment, achievement
and aspirations of the people of New Parks & Leicester
through high quality sport and physical activity.
Our partnership consists of a variety of members from public, private and
voluntary sectors. The partnership will also be engaging with other local
providers of sport and physical activity who share the same ethos, principals
and values as the college.
We are a college which is very committed to our young people and they are
at the centre of everything we do. They are worth all the investment and they
deserve to have the very best.
We are also very passionate about serving our local community and being
a place which delivers a variety of services. A real hub of the community, for
the community.
Our strategy is about “Outstanding Progress for All” and working in partnership
to deliver greater success than anyone organisation working alone can achieve.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the partners who have helped us
to produce this strategy and we look forward to working with them to deliver on
the many initiatives for the benefit of the citizens of New Parks and Leicester.
Mrs Jane Brown
Principal
New College Leicester
Learning and Sports Village
It gives me great pleasure to be an advocate for New
College Leicester Sport and Physical Activity Partnership
and Strategy.
The Leicester Sports Partnership Trust is very much about engaging with the
community and education sectors. We see that what New College Leicester
is striving to achieve is a model of good practice which could be duplicated
elsewhere across the City.
In these difficult economic times it is good to see partners looking to new ways
of working together and sharing resources in order to deliver initiatives with far
greater success than any one organisation working alone.
Leicester Sports Partnership Trust is very much about our guiding principles
of improving health and wellbeing and raising educational attainment. Our goal
is to embed sustainable sporting and physical activity opportunities in the city to
benefit future generations.
What is proposed at New College Leicester through their partnerships and this
strategy will help the Leicester Sports Partnership Trust achieve our aspiration
of making Leicester the most physically active City in the Country.
I, and the Leicester Sports Partnership Trust, look forward to supporting and
working with New College Leicester to inspire a new generation to choose sport.
Rory Underwood MBE
Chair of the
Leicester Sports Partnership Trust
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Executive Summary
New College Leicester is on a transformational journey in terms of
developing specific and measurable outcomes for its learners, the
local community, and the people of Leicester City.
The college is breaking new grounds through the innovative partnerships it is developing
which are also helping the college with its ambition of placing the college at the heart of the
community it serves. The colleges’ current facilities are of the highest quality and are home
to well established and well run community focused clubs. The college wishes to grow this
concept working with partners who have the same ethos and principles to develop a Learning
and Sports Village hub which will be a “heart-beat” for sports development.
The college is well linked with sports development organisations and in particular the
National Governing Bodies of Sport. It is very mindful of Sport England’s Strategy “Creating
a Sporting Habit for Life” and their investment behind it. The college is very much a part of
the local sporting infrastructure and very supportive of Leicestershire and Rutland Sport
and the Leicester Sports Partnership Trust, which the college is an example of good practice
for, in relation to how it bridges the gap between school and community sport.
New College Leicester values PE and School Sport and believes in the power of sport in
relation to whole school improvement. The college fully supports the value of the School
Sports Coordinator function which is part of the School Sport Partnership. The college
continues to use one day of a PE teachers time to embrace the concept of the SSCO and
to provide a support mechanism for PE and School Sport to the surrounding primary schools.
The college is fortunate to be part of a Building Schools for the Future programme and the
refurbishment of the school will see a strong focus on developing further community sport
opportunities on site. New College Leicester is ideally placed to deliver sports development
principles based on the facilities and the captive audience within the college.
The college currently has strong community links, in particular with its partner clubs. These
links are being formalised through bespoke partnership agreements and licences which will
help to build a sustainable Learning and Sports Village concept. The college has huge
potential to grow this concept within its 38 acre site and this Sport and Physical Activity
Strategy will demonstrate how it will achieve this. This strategy will be a way of bringing all
the key partners together to create a single management structure and viable business plan
for New College Leicester, Learning and Sports Village.
The college like all schools, welcomed the Olympic and Paralympic Games to this country.
This strategy is a demonstration of how New College Leicester, Learning and Sports Village
will contribute to creating a sustainable and meaningful legacy from the games.
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Sporting Landscape
Vision
For England to be a world leading sporting nation where many people choose
to play sport.
Mission
Sport England aims to deliver a world leading community sport system. We will
make participation in sport a regular habit for many more people, and ensure
the delivery of sporting opportunities in the ways and places that people want.
How
Maximise
value from
current NGB
investment
Set the
criteria support
system for
NGB 2013-17
investment
Places
people
play
Market
development
Strategic direction and
Market intelligence
Sport England
Strategy 2008-11
Relatively
fixed
NGB investment
2009-13
Sport England
Strategy 2011-15
Relatively
fixed
NGB investment
2013-17
1. By maximising the value delivered from our current investment in NGBs
2. By delivering Places People Play to
3. By developing the right criteria and support system for the next round of NGB
investment which
4. By creating an environment in which the key providers continue to invest
in sport, through
5. By providing strategic direction and market intelligence
Creating a sporting habit for life
A new Youth Sport Strategy
Inspiring a generation of young people to take up sport as a habit for life
Access
Schools &
School Games
Up to £150 million
(including Education
& Health Funding)
Facilities
Up to £250 million
Iconic
Inspired
Playing fields
Transition
to Clubs
Supported by CSP
Club Link Makers *
Mid-range
improvement
e.g. pools /
artificial pitches
New capital
Rewards
A sporting habit for life
Five Year Investment
2012/13 – 2016/17
Whole Sport Plans (NGBs)
over £450 million 2013-17
✓ WSPs start at age 14
✓ Focus on 14.25 for relevant sports
✓ Mandatory growth targets
✓ Payment by results
Higher
✓ Enhanced governance
Education
✓ Talent development
Governance
Community
sport pot
Further
Education
Local Investment
over £250 million
CSPs:
Coaching (Sportivate)
Volunteering
(Sport Makers,
Club leaders)
Disability
Door Step
Clubs &
Get On
Track
Market
development
Sport England is seeking a consistent increase in the proportion of people
regularly playing sport. In particular, we want to raise the proportion of 14-25 year
olds who play sport and to establish a lasting network of links between schools
and sports clubs in local communities so that we keep young people playing sport
up to and beyond the age of 25.
We will do this in partnership by:
1. Building a lasting legacy of competitive sport in schools
2. Improving links between schools and community sports clubs
3. Working with the sport’s governing bodies: focusing on youth
4. Investing in facilities
5. Communities and the voluntary sector
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New College Leicester Learning & Sports Village

This strategy is linked to National, Sub regional and other local strategies all of which have been translated to make work at
New College Leicester, Learning and Sports Village.
Sport England creating a Sporting Habit for Life/
People Places Play
Leicester Partnership
Leicestershire & Rutland Sport
Leicester Sports Partnership Trust
Leicester Sports Partnership Trust Board
Leicester Sports Partnership Trust Steering Group
Sport & Physical Activity Strategy
2012 – 2017
Young
People
Health
& Wellbeing
Community
Clubs
Facilities
Workforce
2012
Olympics
Inclusion
Delivery Plan 2012 – 2017
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Introduction
This strategy is designed to encourage people to develop a fit and active lifestyle and a sporting habit for life. Sport and Physical
Activity can have a major impact on other social agendas and make a valuable contribution to economic development, healthy
outcomes, community cohesion and educational attainment. New College Leicester is ideally placed to create a Learning and
Sports Village concept which will become the hub of the community, delivering on these many agendas.
New College Leicester is within the ward of New Parks which has a population of 16,022 with 4,182 under the age of 16. New Parks is deemed to be one of the most
deprived wards in Leicester City and in the past has been perceived as the ‘forgotten estate’ as some consider it to have lacked external investment, particularly when
viewed as geographically sandwiched between Braunstone and Beaumont Leys with the comparative wealth of funding attracted into those two areas. These factors
create huge challenges when trying to develop interventions to deliver sport and physical activity initiatives.
This strategy is based on a partnership approach involving a number of key partners who are committed to the same purpose.
NEW COLLEGE LEICESTER, LEARNING & SPORTS VILLAGE
“Outstanding Progress for All”
A Sport & Physical Activity Strategy 2012 - 2017
Values
Vision
RESPECT, HONESTY, DETERMINATION, EXCELLENCE, TRUST
Leicester, the most active City in the Country
Mission “To work in partnership to raise attainment, achievement and aspirations
of the people of Leicester through high quality sport and physical activity”
Priorities
1. Raising the self esteem of young people and allowing them to reach their potential
through high quality Physical Education, Sport and Competition
2. Improving Health and Wellbeing through Sport and Physical Activity interventions
3. Create a thriving sustainable community club, coach and volunteer infrastructure
4. Develop sustainable facilities to meet the future needs of New College its users
and Leicester City
5. Develop a sustainable and fit-for-purpose workforce
6. To ensure that inclusion is embedded within all the priorities
7. Use the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire the people of
Leicester to take part in sport and physical activity
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New College Leicester Learning & Sports Village

Delivering the Strategy
New College Leicester, Learning & Sports Village
Trustees / Governors
Sport & Physical Activity Management Group
Task & Finish Groups
The Sport and Physical Activity Management Group is
responsible for the delivery, as well as reviewing the progress
of the strategy.
To accompany this strategy a delivery plan will be produced that will be performance
managed on a quarterly basis. The strategy and delivery plan will form part of the
wider strategy for sport in Leicester City, managed through the Sports Partnership
Trust governance structures.
The partners of the Sport and Physical Activity Management Group will work together
to bring to life the strategy and the delivery plan through the shared vision, mission
and strategic priorities. This group will be led and facilitated by the Business
Development Manager of New College Leicester.
The resourcing of the strategy will be challenging in these difficult economical times.
However, working with our voluntary community sports clubs, sharing resources and
utilising the college’s sports facilities, we believe that we have the resource to deliver
the aims and objectives contained within the strategy.
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1) Raising the self esteem of young people and allowing them
to reach their potential through high quality Physical
Education, Sport and Competition
Evidence suggest that involvement in physical education and sport will
result in benefits to young people in terms of their health, confidence,
self esteem, their ability to concentrate and their readiness to learn.
School settings are often the first place that any young person will experience physical
education and school sport. On the basis of this, it is very important that we ensure that this
experience is of the highest quality. We only get one chance to create a first and lasting
impression which may encourage a young person to develop a sporting habit for life.
The changes in political administration as brought a new emphasis on competitive school sport.
Department of Education
“I want competitive sport to be at the centre of a truly rounded education that all schools offer.
The Government is clear that at the heart of our ambition is a traditional belief that
competitive sport, when taught well, brings out the best in everyone, be they the Olympian
of tomorrow or the child who wants to keep fit and have fun learning new sports and games.”
Rt Hon Michael Gove
MP Secretary of State for Education
New Parks Club for Young People
“New Parks Club for Young People has for sixty years worked with young people creating
sporting and recreational activities during their leisure time. It consists of a local youth and
community centre as well as six acres of playing fields leased from the local authority. The
Club’s programme consists of positive activities which promote the health and well being of
young people through informal and competitive sports. We have groups that work on social
inclusion projects such as Catch 22’s junior Inclusion and the City Council’s disability group.
As a registered charity it is managed by local people from the community whom are keen to
establish links with the New College Learning and Sports Village and the Sport and Physical
Activity Strategy”.
David Springett
Trustee and Treasurer
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Presenting high quality opportunities for young people is at the heart of this
strategy. It is recognised how important the central role of schools is in the delivery
of physical education and sport and more importantly, the vital role that teachers
play. Teachers are fundamentally responsible for educating and motivating young
people to become, and stay involved, in physical activity and sport in school and
the community.
New College Leicester have responded to the recent political and policy changes
which have helped to shape the aims which will be owned by the PE department
and delivered in partnership with key stakeholders. The college will endeavour to
sustain the role of the School Sports Coordinator to assist in the delivery of these
aims across the partner primary schools.
New College Leicester Learning and Sports
Village, PE Department
“Within the PE department at the college we are obviously very supportive of the
Learning and Sports Village vision and this sport and physical activity strategy.
We are firm believers that PE should be at the heart of the school curriculum as
it provides the basis for a rounded education.”
“We support, and in some cases, deliver a number of the new national policy
objectives and programmes including:-
School Games, National School Sport Week, World Sports Day, Change 4 Life
Club, School Club links, Sportivate and Door Step Clubs”
“Our college boxing club is one of our six school club links. It is an excellent
example of a school club which is a satellite club of the ABAE registered Waterfront
Boxing Club. We have developed a bespoke partnership arrangement with the club
which is seeing this relationship grow from strength to strength and more and more
young people taking up the sport.”
“I truly look forward to owning and delivering the aims with partners which will raise
the self esteem of young people and allow them to reach their potential through
high quality physical education, sport and competition”
Sonia Hook
Head of Physical Education
“ ”
If you can get people earlier and ingrain those habits
between seven and 11, you have got a much better
chance of them carrying on playing sport.
Hugh Robertson
Aims
a) Students in each tutor group meet their end of year academic targets
b) Teaching is good or better
c) Curriculum enables students to demonstrate high levels of engagement
and commitment to learning
d) The students are engaged, enthusiastic and cooperative in all of college life
e) Middle leaders support and challenge their staff to meet college priorities
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2) Improving Health & Wellbeing through Sport and Physical
Activity Interventions
Physical activity is known to have
a positive effect on our health and
wellbeing, contributes to the
prevention, treatment and management
of illness, and provides opportunities
for communities to come together.
An inactive lifestyle and sedentary behaviour is
believed to be a silent killer in comparison to
that of smoking. Poor employee health can cost
UK businesses over £100 billion a year.
At every stage of our life, it is important to build
physical activity into our daily routines. However
the guidance can be confusing as to how much
physical activity we should be undertaking to
benefit our health.
Start Active, Stay Active, a report on physical
activity for health, produced by the Chief Medical
Officers from the 4 home countries, updates the
existing guidelines for children, young people and
adults, and includes new guidelines for early years
and older people for the first time in the UK. The
flexibility of the guidelines creates new ways to
achieve the health benefits of an active lifestyle,
whilst retaining a strong link to previous
recommendations.
It is very difficult to measure the physical activity
levels of a community and the main surveys have
been Sport England’s Active Peoples Survey and
the Youth Sports Trust Physical Education and
School Sport Survey for Young People (PESSYP).
Based on the Active People Survey (October 2010
to October 2011) 16.8% of people in Leicester
aged over 16 years were active for 3 x 30 minutes
a week in sport and active recreation. Based on
the PESSYP survey of October 2010, 76% of
young people within education (5 – 16 years) took
part in 2 hours of curriculum Physical Education
and 48% took part in 3 hours of PE and out of
school hours sport.
At a time of an obesity epidemic, we need to
establish with our children and young people
a regular habit of participating in physical activity.
A clear indication of why this is imperative is
through the National Child Measurement
Programme (NCMP) which was launched in 2006.
2010 – 2011 data suggest
l In Reception, over a fifth (22.6%) of the children
measured were either overweight or obese.
In Year 6, this rate was one in three (33.4%).
l The percentage of obese children in Year 6
(19.0%) is over double that in Reception (9.4%).
We need to develop an infrastructure and delivery
system to ensure a shared approach towards
physical activity and supporting a more active
lifestyle for our children and young people. It is
essential to work with partners to develop a clear
and consistent message and to focus on advocacy
at the highest level and practical support at the
implementation level.
It is critical that we engage our children and young
people in evidence based positive activities which
will have an impact on supporting more active
lifestyles.
Early Years (Under 5s)
1. Physical activity should be encouraged from birth,
particularly through floor-based play and
water-based activities in safe environments.
2. Children of pres-school age who are capable of
walking unaided should be physically active daily
for at least 180 minutes (3hours), spread
throughout the day.
3. All under 5s should minimise the amount of time
spent being sedentary (being restrained or sitting)
for extended periods (except time spent sleeping)
Children & Young People
(5 - 18 years)
1. All children and young people should engage in
moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for
at least 60 minutes and up to several hours every
day.
2. Vigorous intensity activities, including those that
strengthen muscle and bone, should be
incorporated at least three days a week.
3. All children and young people should minimise the
amount of time spent being sedentary (sitting) for
extended periods.
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The Leicester Health and Lifestyle Survey 2010 was
undertaken to provide information about health-related
behaviour, knowledge and attitudes in the adult
Leicester population. The survey results are based
on a representative sample of 2,377 twenty minute,
face to face, in home interviews conducted with
adults aged 16 and over living in Leicester, between
6th January and 11th April 2010.
There are marked differences in health outcomes in
the city, related to increasing deprivation. In general,
the findings of this survey support the link between
poorer health and higher levels of deprivation. Overall,
72% of adults in Leicester said that they thought their
health was “very good” or “good”; a slightly lower
proportion than the 76% reporting a similar health
status in England via the Health Survey for England
in 2008.
Only 7% of all respondents said their health was “bad”
or “very bad”, with more people reporting “bad” or “very
bad” health in New Parks (12%). In New Parks, lifestyle
factors which impact on health, levels of healthy eating
and drinking alcohol are worse than average, smoking
and obesity are significantly worse than average while
physical activity is better than Leicester overall.
32% of respondents wanted to increase the amount
of physical activity they take. Those who reported that
they already do physical activity for even 30 minutes
once or twice a week were more likely than those
who do not take any exercise to be thinking about
increasing the amount of physical activity they take
(40%, compared with 31%). Barriers to increasing
the amount of physical activity respondents take were
cited as being too busy or not having time (42%),
ill-health (16%), and laziness (6%). 25% said “nothing”
would stop them from increasing the amount of activity
they take.
NHS Leicester City and
Leicester City Council
Sport and physical activity has the potential to
reduce the risk of many health conditions including
heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Former Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson said
“Being physically active is crucial to good health.
If a medication existed that had a similar effect on
preventing disease, it would be hailed as a miracle
cure. Using sport, physical activity and active
recreation are some of the most effective ways to help
people who want to make lifestyle changes.Offering
opportunities and support does not reside with any one
single organisation or agency. A strong commitment
to partnership working towards a common goal is key
to facilitating change. We hope that the partnership
approach that New College Leicester has adopted
and the ambition to create a Learning and Sports
Village will go some way to achieving this”.
Stephanie Dunkley
Public Health Principal
Aims
a) To work with our partner clubs to deliver health
related sport and physical activity programmes
for targeted individuals.
b) To develop recreational opportunities (running,
cycling and walking) as well as encouraging and
promoting participation in these activities.
c) To work with local providers to offer a range
of health weight intervention programmes that
include physical activity’.
Adults (19 - 64 years)
1. Adults should aim to be active daily. Over a week,
activity should add up to at least 150 minutes
(2 1 /2 hours) of moderate intensity activity in bouts
of 10 minutes or more - one way to approach this
is to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week.
2. Alternatively, comparable benefits can be achieved
through 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity
spread across the week or ac mobination of
moderate and vigorous intensity activity.
3. Adults should also undertake physical activity
to improve muscle strength on at least two days
a week.
4. All adults should minimise the amount of time
spent being sedentary (sitting) for extended
periods.
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3) Create a thriving sustainable community club, coach
and volunteer infrastructure
At the heart of any world leading sports system are the
volunteers and coaches who run community sports clubs.
These individuals and clubs provide the sustainability and foundations for
sport in the country. This strategy is a clear example of how to effectively
deliver against the sports development continuum: from growing
participation; to sustaining participation; to providing the relevant pathways
for individuals to reach their potential. Key to this continuum is community
clubs, coaches and volunteers.
New College Leicester have developed an innovative approach to engaging
high quality accredited community sports clubs by providing the use of the
college’s facilities at a not for profit rate. This working relationship,
established through bespoke partnership agreements, is a stepping stone
to offering clubs longer term leases in order to give them security and
ownership of the facilities within a single management structure. This
approach has enabled clubs to develop and produce fit for purpose
business plans which go a long way to sustaining the facilities and the clubs
on the college site. In return for this subsidy, the community sports clubs
offer coaching hours to provide a diverse menu of out of school hour’s
provision for students of both New College Leicester and other educational
establishments.
The college is currently working with 7 National Governing Bodies of Sport
and 5 community sport clubs to deliver high quality facility development plans.
Encouraging young people to continue to play sport outside school when faced
with a vast range of less productive activities and distractions is not easy.
Through this strategy, and the desire to create a Learning and Sports Village,
New College Leicester and its partner clubs working with the National
Governing Bodies of Sport will develop a number of high quality school club
links and satellite clubs on site which will provide young people with a
quality experience.
The proposal is to have a core educational offer for each of the sports we are
working with delivered by our partner clubs. This approach will initially focus
on New College Leicester and its partner primary schools, but then will be
offered city wide across all educational establishments to create a hub and
spoke model that will grow participation
within each of the sports.
While there has been a significant
shift in focus for many NGBs to
focus part of their Whole Sport
Plans on increasing participation
in under 16s, we must not
disregard the need to grow
participation across the adult
population. This will remain
a priority for all our partner clubs.
Player Pathways
NGB Clubs
Satellite Clubs
School Club
After School Activity
Curriculum Physical Education
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Leicester Storm Rugby Football League Club
“We at Leicester Storm have been nomadic for several years finding it very difficult
to find facilities and a base that we could call home. We were extremely grateful
when the opportunity came about to work with New College Leicester and their
desire to create a Learning and Sports Village. We are enjoying working in
partnership with the other sports and clubs to make this vision a reality.”
“We are currently rolling out our core offer to the local primary schools and we
have established a relationship with De Montfort University. We hope to extend
this offer to additional secondary schools in the future to expose a large number
of young people to rugby league.”
“We look forward to continuing to work with New College Leicester and delivering
against this strategy and bringing
to life the learning and sports
village concept.”
Ty Watson
Chairman of Leicester Storm
British Gymnastics
“Following recent communications and meetings, we are very much in support
of the proposed plans for the Learning and Sports Village concept at New College
Leicester”
“Hinckley Gymnastics is a GymMarked club created in the 1960s and has
established a good reputation for developing gymnastics participation, coach
qualifications and elite competitive gymnasts. It has a strong coaching and
volunteer section that brings opportunities to many people, which is being
enhanced further with a new disabilities gymnastics section. The gymnastics
centre at New College Leicester, run by Hinckley Gymnastics Club, has given
the County of Leicestershire and the East Midlands region a venue for county
schools competitions, county and regional competitions, and regional coaching
courses.”
“We look forward to working with New College Leicester and Hinckley Gymnastics
club to further develop the learning and sports
village concept”
Kerry Abrey
Club and Facilities Development Manager
Sam Oldham, New College Leicester. Gymfusion event, 21st October 2012.
Aims:
a) To provide an excellent sporting experience
b) To sustain and increase the number of people participating within each sport
with a particular focus on 14 - 25 year olds
c) To provide pathways for talented coaches and performers to reach their
potential
d) To sustain and increase the number of volunteers and coaches within clubs
to enable them to develop effectively
e) To sustain effective governance arrangements
f) To promote the clubs and facilities effectively
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4) Develop sustainable facilities to meet the future needs of
New College its users and Leicester City
Facility development is fundamental to any sports
strategy whether that is developing the usage of the
current facility stock or considering a programme of
investment in additional high quality sports facilities.
The site at New College Leicester presents significant opportunities for
community sport due to the number of community clubs already based
here, and the potential of the site to accommodate more. These factors
along with the imminent transfer of the assets to a Trust with a strong
community ethos and ambition, means that New College Leicester has
serious aspirations to develop a learning and sports village hub.
There is the potential to co-locate other sports and clubs onto the site
to create a single management structure, which in turn would operate
a financially viable business plan. The plan is to build 2 new iconic facilities
for rugby league and hockey.
Current facilities at New College Leicester are of the highest quality and
are the base for accredited clubs as anchor tenants. Programming for
these facilities is a combination of club, college, NGB and community
recreational use. This unified approach to programming and managing
helps with the sustainable business plans and optimises the sports
development potential.
New College Leicester is fortunate to still be part of a Building Schools for
the Future programme. This significant investment into the college will see
improvements in the community sports provision on-site through new
changing provision, new community entrance and reception area complete
with a community social area. These improvements will enhance the
quality of the experience which individuals gain when they attend New
College Leicester.
It will allow us to strengthen the already regionally significant Gymnastics
Centre, and provide the opportunities to capture more high profile events
such as the World Down Syndrome Gymnastics Championships in
September 2012 and Gymfusion event in October 2012.
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England Hockey Board
“England Hockey Board is in full support of the proposal to develop a world class
hockey facility at New College Leicester as part of the Learning and Sports Village
concept. We are currently developing the objectives of the 2013 – 2017 Strategy
and although the detail is not confirmed at present the strategy will include
interventions to address the increase in participation of both adults and young
people over this period. A key part of this work will be to ensure that there are
appropriate facilities in place to meet our strategy outcomes.
New College is easily accessible has excellent public transport links and meets
the criteria for a Junior Development site in Leicestershire. Strategically it fits with
the county single system implementation plans in terms of location. Providing such
a facility at New College will provide a base for one of Englands Premier League
Clubs along with providing a legacy of community activity through Local
partnership working, helping to realise participation within Leicestershire
and the East Midlands.”
Sally Munday
Chief Executive
New College Leicester,
Learning and Sports Village
“We believe at the school that we have a management model which works extremely
effectively. Our partnership’s with our community sports clubs and the unified way in
which we manage and programme the site is to the mutual benefit of all parties.”
Wayne Allsopp
Business Development Manager, New College Leicester
Hinckley Gymnastics Club
“Our relationship with the college is one of mutual appreciation. We are given the
autonomy and license to manage a sustainable gymnastics centre within a fair
and appropriate rental agreement. This security of tenure for the club has allowed
us to go from strength to strength and capture more and more high profile events
and deliver programmes from grass roots level through to training elite gymnasts
on the fringes of team GB.”
Trevor Lowe
Chairman Hinckley Gymnastics Club
Rugby Football League
“The RFL are in full support of New College Leicester’s site development plans.
The planned facilities offer a key development opportunity for Rugby League in the
East Midlands and support the long term plans for Geographical spread within the
region. The quality of facilities, the development support and the 25 year lease are
strongly supported by the RFL both regionally and nationally and the success of
this project is essential to support Rugby League growth in the East Midlands”.
David Gent
Director of Participation and Partnerships
England Athletics
“As part of our Whole Sport Plan we have identified small scale, compact athletics
facility models as one of the core strands of facility developments that are required
to drive forward the participation in community based athletics. By linking these
facilities with ‘Activator’ posts which are based in the local community we hope to
see an increase in recreational forms of athletics taking place across the country.
We have identified school sites as an optimum model of provision for compact
facilities, and the site at New College Leicester would be an extremely exciting
opportunity to roll out our compact facilities modeland activation work.”
Chris Mallender
Area Team Leader, England Athletics
(Midlands & South West)
Aims:
The college, with its partners, will deliver the following aims to provide
sustainable facilities to meet the future needs of the people of Leicester.
a) To consider the future facility developments of New College Leicester,
Learning and Sports Village.
b) To create a single management structure operating financially viable facilities.
c) To conduct effective marketing and promotion practices.
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5) Develop a sustainable and fit for purpose workforce
PE professionals, Coaches, Leaders and Volunteers are
fundamental within the delivery of Sport and Physical
Activity and will provide a central role in making the
Learning and Sports Village concept a reality.
Providing an appropriate clear pathway for individuals to progress within these
particular areas is essential to achieving the ambitious plans of increasing
participation in sport and physical activity and developing a lasting legacy from
the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Developing and sustaining, this
much needed workforce, requires continuous professional development, which
in turn is an opportunity to both raise the quality and quantity of delivery
in schools and the community.
Coaching
Coaching within sport is unfortunately an un-appreciated career unless
coaching at the highest level. Yet it is still central to driving forward participation
in Sport and Physical Activity. At New College Leicester we embrace the Sports
Coach UK vision and would like to create a cohesive, ethical, inclusive and
valued coaching system where skilled coaches support children, players
and athletes at all stages of their development in sport.
B-Active Achievement Project
‘The Achievement Project offers beneficiaries a journey through sport by
creating a ‘one-stop-shop’ of reduced cost continuous personal development in
sport and physical activity, as well as volunteering, mentoring and employment
opportunities. Our aim is to develop an accessible, sustainable and fit for
purpose workforce that increases the number of people playing, volunteering
and working in sport.
We look forward very much to working with New College Leicester and
becoming a partner of the Learning and Sports Village concept. We hope
to base a very high percentage of our delivery from New College Leicester
in the future providing a central venue for workforce development.’
Sally Davis
B-Active Manager
In achieving that vision we recognise some of the barriers that we need to
overcome including:
l Recruitment
l Funding to train coaches
l Knowledge, Managing and Tracking of coaches
l Quality assurance
l Retention of Coaches
We hope to overcome these barriers by providing a city-wide single route-way
for individuals to develop their skills and qualifications in sport and attain their
desired level of achievement. New College Leicester believes the vehicle to
deliver this is by working with our key partner B-Active and the Achievement
Project.
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Leadership and volunteering
Leadership and volunteering is a key priority for New College Leicester and it is our
aim to improve on the current numbers who are actively engaged within leadership
and volunteering. Our ambition is to work through programmes such as Sport Makers
and with organisations such as Sports Leaders UK to encourage more people to take
up leadership and volunteering. This is with a view to creating a central leadership
academy at the college. Individuals will then be signposted towards the Achievement
Project for continued personal development and a pathway towards sustained
volunteering or a potential career in sport and physical activity. There have been
5 Sport Makers workshops held in Leicester City which attracted a total audience
of 83 different individuals.
Physical Education
With the demise of the Physical Education advisory roles within Local Authorities,
the disbanding of School Sport Partnerships and Local Delivery Agencies, the
valuable support for the continuous personal development of Physical Education
professionals is limited.
Changes in how the curriculum will be delivered and the new OFSTED framework
will present challenging times for PE professionals. New College Leicester through
the Learning and Sports Village concept, and working with our key partner CfBT
Education Trust, is well positioned to offer a service to deliver continuous personal
development to improve physical education.
Sports Leaders UK Leadership Academies
“Sports Leaders UK has successfully launched the Leadership Academy initiative which
is a scheme to reward and recognise some of its best Approved Assessment Centres
who go beyond the call of duty.
These Leadership Academies will act as beacons of good practise to other organisations
in their local area. They not only deliver Sports Leaders UK's awards, but by meeting
the criteria, these organisations have a very positive impact on the local community with
regards to increased voluntary hours, community placements and events.
Sports Leaders UK look forward to working with New College Leicester to develop
a Leadership Academy at the College to support their vision to create a Learning
and Sports Village.”
David J Savidge
National Development Manager
& Regional Foundation Manager
Aims:
The college, with its partners, will be striving to deliver the following aims to
develop a sustainable and fit for purpose workforce:
a) To Increase access to training for coaches, volunteers and clubs, enabling
individuals from all sections of the community to gain recognised
qualifications.
b) To develop and support volunteers ensuring excellent systems are in place.
c) To improve employability and employment opportunities.
d) To provide opportunities for educational staff to gain appropriate
qualifications and training to support the delivery of PE, Sport and Physical
Activity.
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6) To make sure that inclusion is embedded within all priorities
A key partner of New College Leicester, Learning and Sports
Village is West Gate School which is located geographically
next door.
West Gate is a special school for pupils aged from 4-19 years who have a very
wide range of learning difficulties and disabilities. West Gate is a Specialist School
for Cognition and Learning. They have the Local Authority’s only DFE approved
specialist autism provision for both primary and secondary aged pupils and are
one of only 12 schools in the country to have ‘trailblazer’ Specialist SEN Status.
As part of the schools broader role within the City, they are a member of the
Leicester Education Improvement Partnership (EIP) of Secondary schools,
the City of Leicester Association of Special Schools (CLASS) and The Alliance
for Learning in Leicester.
The school opened in 2006 following the merger of two former special schools,
Emily Fortey and Piper Way, and is situated on a split site on Glenfield Road in
West Leicester. Primary aged pupils are educated in the Lower School building
and students aged 12-19 are in the Upper School site. Recent developments
resulted in a learning centre being integrated on to the New College Leicester
site specifically for West Gate students. The Learning Centre was opened in 2011
with a focus on providing life skills and employability for their students. The school
is a vibrant, friendly and welcoming community with a strong positiveethos. They
have a skilled and dedicated staff team who are deeply committed to providing
the best possible education and care for all our pupils.
New College Leicester Learning and Sports Village is very proud to be staging
the inaugural Down Syndrome World Gymnastics Championships to supplement
the provision at World Medal level which is enjoyed in athletics, football and
swimming. The College will be hosts to delegations from 11 countries who will
be taking part in the championship.
Italy, Russia, Portugal, Great Britain, South Africa, Norway, Canada, USA,
Mexico, Brazil, Eire.
With the support of Hinckley Gymnastics Club, Leicester City Football Club,
King Power and a successful Sportsmatch application we are able to roll out
a Gymnastics and Freestyle legacy programme across the City to provide
expertise and opportunities across the areas of special needs. This includes
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learning disabilities and social inclusion for young people who find life and
education difficult to handle.
Leicester City is recognised as a hot bed for the development of disability sport
having twice hosted the Special Olympics and Ellesmere Specialist Sports
College taking the strategic lead for disability sport sub-regionally and locally.
New College Leicester believes that sporting opportunities should be open to all
and we are committed to developing a culture which enables and values
the full involvement of all, embedding and promoting the principles of equality,
through the delivery of inclusive, high quality sport.
The college hopes to create an environment in which all have equal opportunities
to engage in high quality sport, whether as participants; competitors; volunteers;
officials or administrators. We will work with our partners to overcome potential
barriers for those groups and individuals which are currently under represented.
West Gate School
“There are around 11 million disabled people in the UK and of that number less
than two in ten disabled people are taking part in sport. The vision to create a
Learning and Sports Village concept with a strong Sport and Physical Activity
Strategy is something that West Gate School is very proud to be a part of. We
look forward to working with all the partners to make sure that those alarming
figures of two in ten disabled people taking part in sport are improved on through
this strategy.“
Jan Hesketh
Headteacher
“I believe that London 2012 will be the best Paralympic Games we have ever seen.
11 days that will capture the imagination of the nation, inspire disabled kids
everywhere to have a go at something new, and help thousands to see disability
sport in a whole new light.”
“But if this is all that we achieve, then we will have missed out on a priceless
opportunity. Our responsibility in the years ahead is to ensure that we make the
very most of the Games to help society become more open-minded, not just about
disability sport, but about disability in general.”
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
Paralympic Champion and International Inspiration Ambassador
Aims:
West Gate School, through the Head and Assistant Head, will be the lead
for inclusion to make sure that each of the priorities within this strategy is
delivered with equality of opportunities in mind. The aims to achieve this are:
a) To drive increased participation in sport and physical activity by disabled
people with a particular focus on people aged 14 years and above.
b) Provide advice, challenge and bespoke support to all partners of the Learning
and Sports Village concept
c) To encourage greater community use of West Gate and New College facilities
by disability sports groups
d) Provide a link to the wider strategy for disability sport and Ellesmere Specialist
Sports College
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7) Use the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire the
people of Leicester to take part in sport and physical activity
The bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was a joint
political party ambition and other than success at the games,
the desire was to inspire a generation and create a long and
lasting legacy from the games.
What we mean by ‘legacy’
The ‘legacy’ of the London 2012 Games refers to the imprint they will leave.
It is therefore not just what happens after the Games, but what we do before
and during them to inspire individuals and organisations to strive for their best,
to try new activities, forge new links or develop new skills. The Olympic Games
and Paralympic Games have a unique power to inspire all of us as individuals,
to motivate everyone to set themselves a personal challenge. Many of the
benefits will come from enhancing existing programmes, and within existing
budgets.
It will be challenging in these difficult economical times to see how the legacy
from the 2012 Games will materialise into tangible outcomes. With so many
political and policy changes to programmes that were in place when the
country won the right to hold the games, it will not be easy.
Sub regionally and within Leicester, strategies and action plans were
developed to maximise the overall benefits and impact of the London 2012
Games for the people of Leicester. These strategies included several themes
that New College Leicester is committed to delivering against.Sport, Physical
Activity, Health and Wellbeing and Children and Young People.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are a once in a lifetime event which will
get young people excited about sport. It is important that schools are able to
maintain this momentum to help young people develop sport and exercise
as a habit which will keep them healthy and fit for the rest of their lives.
We believe that this strategy is an excellent example of how the college is
equipping itself to deliver a long lasting legacy. We believe that we will be
a central hub for the development of sport for Leicester City and be able to
capitalise on the fact that the games will have inspired a generation to choose
sport.
As a college we are very proactive in embracing and delivering the many
programmes associated with the London 2012 games and we believe
our continued investment and desire to create a Learning and Sports Village
will keep the games alive long after the Paralympic Torch is extinguished.
Department for Culture, Olympics, Media
and Sport
“We want more young people doing sport as a habit for life.
That means better provision of sport in our schools, and more particularly
making sure people don't drop sport when they leave school.
What we've said is that all sports getting funding will have to set up satellite
clubs in secondary schools.
Our objective is that every school will have two or three of these clubs, and the
beauty of this is that you will continue to be a member when you leave school.
That way more people will continue to play and they'll already be integrated
with local leagues. School sport and youth sport will be one and the same
thing.”
Jeremy Hunt
Secretary of State
In the spirit of the cross-party co-operation which has marked the success of
the Olympics, let’s hope that the same determination will be applied to creating
the legacy we promised in inspiring a generation through sport, here in Great
Britain and across the world.
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Sport England
“We believe that continuing to strengthen the ties between community sports clubs
and schools is critical both to finding future Olympians and helping more young
people develop a sporting habit for life. Under our strategy every English
secondary school will be offered a community sport club on its site with a direct
link to one ormore sports. Having a community club within the school and linked
to local sports clubs makes it easier for young people to choose to get involved in
sport beyond the school curriculum and then make the move into their local club.”
Richard Lewis
Chair
Legacy is not just about London. New College Leicester, Learning and Sports
Village is very committed to establishing a long and lasting legacy from the Olympic
and Paralympic Games. This Sport and Physical Activity Strategy is a clear
example of a school which is committed to delivering against the ambitions of
Sport England’s Creating a Sporting Habit for Life and the Department for Culture
Olympics, Media and Sport Beyond 2012 strategies. The colleges’ intention is
to deliver this strategy over the next 5 years to make a real difference and to
contribute towards creating a legacy the country can be proud of. It is also
important that the college does not stand still and that they continue to move
forward and explore the opportunities to bring in additional resource through
the likes of Places People Play to enhance that legacy further.
Amateur Boxing Association of England
“The ABAE’s Whole Sport Plan submission highlights the involvement of boxing
in the school sector as a priority through the ‘School Boxing Club Satellite
Programme’.
The ABAE intend to develop 100 Community Sports Clubs over the next four
years, with 20 becoming independent affiliated clubs, serving the local community.
This project fits into that model, as the development will enhance the recently
formed boxing gym, which is run as a satellite of Waterfront Boxing Club, but
will start and develop the opportunities around outreach programmes to the local
primary schools and community based sessions building on the current 2 after
school sessions.”
Claire O Hara
National Facilities and Clubs Development Manager
London 2012 Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games
“London’s vision is to reach people all around the world to connect them with the
inspirational power of the Games… Choose London today and you send a clear
message to the youth of the world: more than ever, the Olympic Games are for
you.”
Lord Sebastian Coe
Chair
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8) Consultation Process
The aspiration to create a Learning and Sports Village concept at New College Leicester is a desire to provide a hub site
for Leicester City for the development of sport and a model which can be duplicated across the city at other educational
establishments.
Below is a demonstration of the consultation process which we have undertaken and the various groups which we have consulted with to raise awareness of our
intentions and to ensure that this strategy compliments the wider City and County strategic sporting landscape.
Sports &
Physical
Activity
Management
Group
Leicester
Sports
Partnership
Trust
Steering
Group
County
Sport
Partnership
& NGBs
Leicester
Sports
Partnership
Trust
Board
All
City
Secondary
Schools
New Parks
Community
Panel
Young
People
All feedback was taken on Board and implemented within this final version of the strategy and signed by New College Governors and Trustees in September 2012.
“The idea of an Olympics legacy has been built into the DNA of London 2012 from the very beginning. Now the London Olympics has been a great success,
we need to use the inspiration of the Games to get children playing sport more regularly.
I want to use the example of competitive sport at the Olympics to lead a revival of competitive sport in primary schools. We need to end the ‘all must have prizes’
culture and get children playing and enjoying competitive sports from a young age, linking them up with sports clubs so they can pursue their dreams. That’s why
the new national curriculum in the autumn will include a requirement for primary schools to provide competitive sport.”
David Cameron
Prime Minister
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9) Conclusion
2012 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a once in
a lifetime experience which will have hopefully inspired a
new generation of individuals to give sport a go.
However this is only the start of what any long term legacy will look like and
a true reflection of how successful the games have been will come in 5, 10
and 20 years’ time.
The foundations have been laid in delivering a fantastic Olympic and
Paralympic Games and now is the time to focus on a more rigorous, targeted
and result orientated way of developing grassroots sport. Our energies need
to focus more effectively on reaching out to all those people young and old
that have been inspired by the games and turn that inspiration into a deep
and sustained increase in sporting participation now and into the future.
There will be no better opportunity to create a sporting culture and to
encourage individuals to develop a sporting habit for life. Our aspiration is to
continue and work with our partners to achieve our vision of making Leicester
the most active City in the Country.
Over the 5 years of this strategy we want to see more people participating in
sport and physical activity, we want to see more volunteers and coaches, we
want to continue and train our workforce and we want to improve and sustain
our excellent facilities.
document, the delivery plan will be a clear indication of how New College
Leicester intend to bring to life the Learning and Sport Village concept and
create a long and lasting legacy.
None of this will be possible without the support of the
partners and our thanks go to:
Hinckley Gymnastics Club
West Gate School
Rugby Football League
LR Hockey Association
Waterfront Boxing Club
Leicester City Council
British Gymnastics
England Hockey
Allexton and New Parks FC
England and Wales Cricket Board
Leicestershire and Rutland Sport
Leicestershire and Rutland
County FA
Leicester Storm RFL Club
Leicestershire Partnership NHS
England Athletics
Leicester Ladies Hockey Club
B-Inspired
Amateur Boxing Association
Our partner clubs based on site and their NGBs are extremely important to
this strategy and they are at the heart of the delivery of it. These quality
assured clubs and the partnership with the school is enabling us to expose
an enormous amount of young people to a variety of sports.
Clubs and participation rates would not be where they are today without the
support of volunteers and coaches. The continued relationship with the
Achievement project to provide a thorough continuous personal development
programme is essential.
The current economic climate means that a strategic document such as this
is of particular importance in ensuring that priorities are clearly established
and communicated to ensure that the process of development and
preservation is effective. This document is only the start and its sister
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Wayne Allsopp
Business Development Manager
New College Leicester
Learning and Sports Village
Greencoat Road Leicester LE3 6RN
Tel: 0116 231 8517
Email: wallsopp@newcollege.leicester.sch.uk