Plymouth's School Sport Co-ordinators Scheme (SSCo)

What is the School Sport Co-ordinator initiative?

The SSCo initiative is a joint national programme developed and implemented by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), Sport England and the Youth sports Trust.

The SSCo programme has five key principles:

• support for PE
• intergrated sports development and partnership working
• focus on disadvantage and inclusion
• schools working together in families
• a whole school approach

How does it work?

Partnerships are created around specialist sports colleges who work in partnership with a family of secondary, primary and special schools to:

• increase sporting opportunties for young people through co-ordinated physical education and out of school hours learning activities.
• enhance opportunities for young people to experience different sports
• ensure young people are able to access high quality coaching activities
• support opportunities for young people to engage in competition

A typical partnership will be made up of a Partnership Development Manager (PDM), up to four School Sport Co-ordinators (SSCo) based in secondary schools and up to 25 Primary or Special School Link Teachers (PLTs) from the associated family of primary/special schools.

Plymouth's SSCo Programme

Plymouth has two SSCo partnerships which are hosted by the following Specialist Sports Colleges:

SSCo partnerships 1

• Plymstock School - Pomphlett, Hooe, Dunstone, Oreston and Elburton
• Ridgeway School - Chaddlewood, Glen Park, St Maurice and Yealmpstone Farm
• John Kitto Community College - Montpelier, Manadon Vale, Knowle, Pennycross, South Trelawny, West Park, Chaucer and Hyde Park
• Lipson Community College - Plym View, Prince Rock, Mount Street, Salisbury Road, Highfield, Lipson Vale, Laira Green and Holly Cross
• Hele's School - Woodford, Boringdon, Old Priory and St Mary's
• Coombe Dean School - Wembury School and Goosewell
• Specialist Schools - Devonport High School for Boys and Devonport High School for Girls
• Longcause Special School - Downham, Mannamead Centre, Bretonside and Plymouth Hospital School

SSCo partnerships 2

• Sir John Hunt Community College - Langley, Whitleigh, Mary Dean, St Peter's, Southway, Tamerton Vale and Woodfield
• Stoke Damerel Community College - Ford, College Road, Drake, Stuart Road, St Andrew's, Pilgrim and Keyham Barton
• Parkside Community College - Marlborough, Mount Wise, Morice Town, High Street St Joseph's, St George's, St Peter's and Cathedral
• Tamarside Community College - Barne Barton, Bull Point, Ernesettle, North Prospect, Victoria Road, Weston Mill, St Budeaux and St Paul's
• Eggbuckland Community College - Widey Court, Compton, Eggbuckland Vale, Austin Farm and St Edward's
• Estover Community College - Thornbury, Leigham, Estover and Widewell
• Special Schools - Mount Tamar, Courtlands, Woodlands, Hillside, Mill Ford and Young Parents Centre

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