PESSPA Champion Schools & Leaders Recruitment

Working in partnership with Learn Sheffield and Mercia TSA, the PESSPA (Physical Education, School Sport & Physical Actvity) Alliance submitted a successful bid to DfE (in 2019/20) in relation to a project to improve the quality of PE teaching and leadership. 

This partnership (Mercia TSA, Learn Sheffield and the Sheffield Primary PESSPA Alliance) now wish to recruit Specialist PESSPA Leaders and Champion Schools who are able to develop and share good practice across the city.

Schools and individuals applying may be considered to deliver high quality professional development opportunities for schools and staff, and may be considered to work directly with local schools in Sheffield to develop a range of aspects of PE, School Sport and Physical Activity.

This project has been delayed by COVID but the work will now take place between November 2020 and March 2021 on the current DfE timeline.

This work will include contrubuting to the following:

• Targeted Support – Improving PE teaching

Recruitment of 20 schools to receive support to be completed over three half-terms by March 2021.

• Targeted Support – Developing PE co-ordination

 Recruitment of 10 schools to receive support to be completed over three half-terms by March 2021.

• Targeted Support – maximising the impact of Sports Premium

Recruitment of 10 schools to receive support to be completed over three half-terms by March 2021).

• Universal Training Offer – PE teaching
• Universal Training Offer – PE co-ordination
• Locality PE Peer Review Programme
• Development of best practice guidance (engaging the least active) and a toolkit (making the best use of Sports Premium funding).
• Swimming & Water Safety

All of this work will be paid on a day rate of £350 per day.

To express an interest in joining the PESSPA Alliance team of PESSPA Champion Schools and Leaders please contact stephen.betts@learnsheffield.co.uk to discuss the roles or request/return an application form. Alternatively download the application form (available shortly) from the PESSPA Alliance website.