School Games – Amber Valley School Sport Partnership CIO

Amber Valley SSP are responsible for the delivery of the National School Games programme, a nationally funded scheme supported by the Department for Education, Youth Sport Trust & delivered by Sport England. The programme is open to all schools with KS2 pupils upwards.

The School Games programme is delivered through a network of School Games Organisers (SGO’s) across England and Wales with each local SGO tasked with improving access to high quality, inclusive experiences in PE, Sport & Physical Activity to support young people to become more physically literate.

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.

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.

Amber Valley SSP are responsible for the delivery of the National School Games programme, a nationally funded scheme supported by the Department for Education, Youth Sport Trust & delivered by Sport England. The programme is open to all schools with KS2 pupils upwards.

The School Games programme is delivered through a network of School Games Organisers (SGO’s) across England and Wales with each local SGO tasked with improving access to high quality, inclusive experiences in PE, Sport & Physical Activity to support young people to become more physically literate.

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 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 liam@avssp.co.uk