The AEA Magazine Community and sports development | Page 13

Ofsted best practice recommendations Employing specialist PE teachers or qualified coaches to work alongside teachers in lessons to increase their subject knowledge and confidence in PE Procuring quality-assured professional training for staff to raise their confidence and competence in teaching PE and sport Paying staff or external sports coaches to run competitions, or to increase pupils’ participation in national school games competitions Quality assuring the work of sports coaches and instructors employed to coach in PE lessons and after-school sports clubs Buying into existing local sports networks such as school sport partnerships or community sports coaching initiatives Providing places for pupils in after-school sport clubs and holiday courses Engaging the 2014 - 15 least active pupils in after school activities, for example ‘Change4Life’ after school clubs Providing high-quality training for volunteers, parents and carers, governors and adults other than teachers to run sports teams, after school clubs and assist in organising large school sports events Providing training and payment for midday supervisors to introduce playground games at breaks and lunchtimes Employing a local coach to provide weekly after-school sport on the school site and at the local club in the evenings, weekends and school holidays Forging links with PE teachers in local secondary schools to help primary staff improve their PE and sports provision Establishing strong, sustainable partnerships with local community sports clubs where no links have been made in the past Paying for transport, pool hire and instruction to provide additional swimming lessons for those pupils unable to swim by the end of Year 6 In small, rural or city schools with limited indoor space for PE, paying for transport and access to indoor leisure facilities for weekly PE lessons Purchasing specialist equipment and teaching resources to develop a non-traditional activity such as rhythmic gymnastics or a new sport such as competitive cycling CSSD Business Plan 2014 -15