The PE, School Sport and Club Links Strategy (PESSCLS)

The PE, School Sport and Club Links Strategy (PESSCLS)

• Launched by the Prime Minister in October 2002
• Key aim is to increase participation in all age groups from 5 to 16
• It wants more high quality activity for more children, more often
• Initial aim was for a minimum of two hours of high quality PE and school sport per week for a greater number of young people

The aims?

• The equivalent of an hour of ‘sport’ for every school child (including the two hours within the curriculum and the three hours…