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Since the launch of Breckland School Sport Partnership we have seen the percentage of schools providing 2 hours of PE increase from 82% in 2006 to 99% by 2008.

The partnership has now written the new Partnership Priorities & Evaluation Document in May 2008. This new document ensures that the partnership works within the following areas to achieve the new PSA target for 5 hours of physical activity and sport for 5 - 19 year olds.

• Provision of High Quality Physical Education for all students
• Provision of opportunities for all young people to participate in a range of high quality activities on a school site
• Opportunities for all young people to access a range of high quality activities in a community environment
• Provision for all young people to develop their potential
• Provision for young people to undertake high quality Leadership and Volunteering roles
• Leadership & Management of the School Sport Partnership

PE and SPORT STRATEGY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE The new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) launched in January 2008 expresses the Government's commitment to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport undertaken by young people aged 5 - 19 in England. PESSYP builds on the success of the PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy for 5 - 16 year olds, which went live in April 2003. It will see an investment of £755 million over three years to deliver the work announced by the Prime Minister in July 2007, and is now set in Public Service Agreement target 22.

The strategy is the joint overall responsibility of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) working in particular with the department for Universities, Innovation and Skills (DIUS) in relation to 16-19 years olds and with strong links to Department of Health.

There are key roles in the infrastructure of specialist sports colleges, school sport partnerships, national governing bodies, county sports partnerships and other community providers to ensure that all 5 - 16 year olds have access to two hours PE and three hours beyond the curriculum and 16-19 years olds have three hours of sport outside the curriculum. Collectively this is referred to as the "Five Hour Offer".

An initial outline of the strategy can be found at www.teachernet.gov.uk

The new PESSYP has taken Work Strands as follows:

• Club links
• Coaching
• Competition
• Continuing Professional Development
• Disability
• Extending Activities (Sports Unlimited)
• Gifted and Talented
• Infrastructure
• Leadership & Volunteering
• Swimming

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