About Us/Contact

The South East Somerset School Sport Partnership

The Partnership comprises 16 Secondary, Middle and Upper schools each with its own School Sports Coordinator (SSCo) and 98 Primary Schools with their own Primary Link teacher (PLT). The Partnership is one of the largest in the country and extends from Chard to Frome and now has 88% of its pupils accessing 2 hours or more PE and Sport per week. A recent activity survey within the Partnership revealed that 51% of pupils currently participate in 5 hours or more physical education and activity per week. As a large Partnership, rural division is a major issue with regard to increasing participation, however we are very fortunate to have an excellent team of both Primary and Secondary staff with plenty of enthusiasm to make up for this drawback. For more details about school and staff details please see appropriate links in the Cluster information section. 

Contact Information

The Partnership office is hosted by King Arthur’s Sports College. The PDM, Assistant PDM and Partnership Administrator can be contacted through the following details: 

King Arthur’s Community School

West Hill

Wincanton

Somerset

BA9 9BX 

Tel: 01963 34396

Fax: 01963 33735

Partnership Development Manager: Rob Treacher
 
 
Mobile:   07919 540796 
  
Assistant Partnership Development Manager: Emma Mattocks
 
  
Mobile: 07825 054668 
 
Assistant Partnership Development Manager: Karen Arnold
 
  
Mobile: 07506 459756
Partnership Development Administrator: Sue James
 
 
Phone: 01963 34396 

  

 

PESSYP and School Sport Partnerships

The 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 out in Public Service Agreement target 22. 

School Sport Partnerships play a key role in implementing this strategy along with specialist sports colleges, national governing bodies, county sports partnerships and other community providers to ensure that all 5-16 years olds have access to two hours PE and three hours beyond the curriculum and 16-19 year olds have three hours of sport outside of the curriculum. Collectively, this is referred to as the  “Five Hour Offer”. 

The PE and Sport Strategy for Young People has ten Work Strands as follows: 

Club Links

Coaching

Competition

Continuing Professional Development

Disability

Extending Activities

Gifted and Talented

Infrastructure

Leadership and Volunteering

Swimming 

Click here for an outline of the PESSYP strategy and its integral features