School Games – Amber Valley School Sport Partnership CIO

Amber Valley SSP are responsible for the delivery of the National School Games programme, a government scheme for all schools with KS2 pupils upwards.

School Games provides a pathway of events for students to take part in a huge variety of sports across a full academic year through competitions and events at a local, regional and even national level. These events cover a large spectrum of sports and festival formats giving schools an opportunity to engage as many students as possible in intra and inter-school competition. The School Games competition model is made up of four levels which schools can progress through:

The School Games values are a large focus of our competitions in Amber Valley with each event seeing a team awarded with a School Games Values award. This award recognises the values of Honesty, Respect, Teamwork, Determination, Self Belief and Passion.

Schools can also apply for a national accreditation through the School Games Mark Award which can be accessed online at www.yourschoolgames.com

Amber Valley SSP work to deliver events, interventions and programmes to support the 5 School Games KPI’s namely:

1. To maintain and grow school engagement in the School Games and their delivery of 60 active minutes.

2. To create positive experiences by ensuring physical activity and competition provision is designed to reflect the motivation, competence and confidence of young people and has clear intent.

3. To have a clear focus on secondary schools and transition points (Yr 3 and Yr 7/8).

4. To create positive experiences that support the character development of targeted young people.

5. To advocate to key stakeholders how the School Games makes a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people, including supporting schools to engage and educate parents.

Amber Valley SSP are responsible for the delivery of the National School Games programme, a government scheme for all schools with KS2 pupils upwards.

The School Games values are a large focus of our competitions in Amber Valley with each event seeing a team awarded with a School Games Values award. This award recognises the values of Honesty, Respect, Teamwork, Determination, Self Belief and Passion.

Schools can also apply for a national accreditation through the School Games Mark Award which can be accessed online at www.yourschoolgames.com

All Amber Valley schools are registered on this website so if you are unsure of your username and/or password please contact rshaw@avssp.co.uk