Working with Colleges

Strategic Outcomes

"Make the business case for colleges to invest in sport, linking it to their core values and strategic outcomes relating to health, enrichment and student wellbeing."

Study Programmes

"Show how sport can be built into a "Fit for Work" study programme, by developing transferable leadership skills, such as decision making, confidence and assertiveness."

Student Motivation

"Highlight important functional reasons for students to take part, such as personal safety and low-cost travel, as well as physical and mental health."

Skills for Life

"Offer opportunities for sport to be used as a means to embed and promote literacy and numeracy skills."

Skill Development

"Where possible, link sports activities to work experience placements and meaningful volunteering opportunities."

Skills

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Staff Involvement

Provide CPD for staff and students

Standards

Safe Practice

Student Voice

"Giving students a voice and enhancing their ownership of physical activity delivery to ensure that activities are appropriately tailored to their needs can support participation."

Structure

Support

Skilled Workforce

Signposting

Social Development

“Sport matters in a college and to students because it improves behaviours and interactions with other people and personal growth. Without sport it would be incredibly difficult to role model the values of the college in such a clear way.”
Jeanette Dawson, Principal,
Bishop Burton College

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• What Works in Schools and Colleges to Increase Physical Activity?