The National Competition Framework was developed by the Youth Sport Trust, Sport England, the National Council for School Sport and National Governing Bodies with a vision to create:
"A world class system for school aged competition that provides both opportunities for all young people regardless of their ability, and recognised pathways to develop their talents."
So far 21 NGB's have developed their own Frameworks to provide clear, appropriate structures for school and club competition. For more information on the National Competition Frameworks please visit http://www.youthsporttrust.org/page/competition-framework/index.html
A Competition Manager infrastructure has now been established across all 49 county areas in England to deliver the National Competition Framework. Wesport employs a team of 5 Competition Managers (CM's) with a clear vision to:
- Increase participation in high quality competition
- Broaden the range of competitive opportunities for all
- Develop structured, consistent and progressive competitive pathways
The role of the Competition Manager team is to:
- Provide the strategic lead for competition and engage with a range of local partners including National Governing Bodies of sport, school associations, clubs, coaches, teachers and SSP staff (PDM's, SSCo's and PLTs).
- Manage and co-ordinate the planning and implementation of school competition programmes
- Complement and develop existing provision, building on good practice, ensuring that the competition programme links with other programmes and fits into the wider context.
Each Wesport Competition Manager is responsible for a geographical area within Wesport, including two School Sport Partnerships at either primary or secondary school level. To see a breakdown of the CM team work programmes Click Here.
WEST OF ENGLAND SPORT TRUST (Wesport)
The West of England Sport Trust (Wesport) host and employ the Competition Manager team on behalf of the eight SSP's in the area. Wesport is a registered charity that works as a network of organisations in the West of England to promote lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.
Wesport has over 50 member organisations from local authorities to HE/FE establishments, National Governing Bodies of Sport, and the school sport partnerships. There is a core team of 12 staff based at the University of the West of England (UWE). The core teams' main aim is to work to strengthen this network and improve the quality and quantity of opportunities for the communities to engage in sport and physical activity. Key areas of work include the development of sporting competition in schools, development of the workforce and delivery of national sport and physical activity initiatives.
For more information relating to WESPORT please visit www.wesport.org.uk
The West of England Sport Trust (Wesport) comprises of four Unitary Authority areas, eight School Sport Partnerships (based within seven specialist sports college hubs), 58 secondary schools, 337 primary schools and 27 special schools;
| Unitary Authority |
School Sport Partnership |
Secondary Schools |
Primary Schools |
Special Schools |
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| Bristol City |
Ashton Park |
7 |
36 |
5 |
| City Academy |
6 |
40 |
4 |
| St Bedes |
6 |
37 |
5 |
|
| Bath & North East Somerset |
BANES 1 |
6 |
33 |
4 |
| BANES 2 |
7 |
29 |
0 |
|
| South Gloucestershire |
Grange |
9 |
62 |
3 |
| King Edmund |
7 |
35 |
1 |
|
| North Somerset |
Wyvern |
10 |
65 |
5 |
Competition Manager achievements
Since the start of the CM programme in January 2007, the Wesport CM team have supported, influenced or delivered a total of *302 competitions, *172 of which were brand new competitions. A total of *29,500 young people have participated in these competitions, with *14,000 young people representing their school for the first time. Other major achievements include new and improved competition pathways from SSP to County in a number of sports; netball, badminton, tag rugby, sportshall athletics, golf, kwik cricket, disability athletics and multi-sport festivals.
*Figures correct as of May 2009.
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