Role of schools, colleges and universities in contributing to the elite sporting success.

Question 1

Schools

Answer 1

provide physical education for all young people and offer extra-curiccular sports activities and clubs for students whoa re keen to participate and those that might excel at a particular sport.

Question 2

Government funding in schools

Answer 2

government supplies funding to support school sport and schools often use these funds to increase participation by young people.

Question 3

Schools and colleges

Answer 3

• sport organisations such as FA,RFU and LTA send coaches to primary schools in order to improve sport provision.
• provide qualifications in sport that recognise sport performance and therefore encouraging elite sport
• schools and colleges also run sports teams and are involved in fixtures against other schools.

Question 4

Sport England

Answer 4

• helping people and communities across the country create a sporting habit for life.
  invested more than 1 billion of national lottery and government funding between 2012 and 2017.
• nurture and develop talent in sports.

Question 5

Advanced apprenticeships in sport (ASS)

Answer 5

• sports performance programme that provides a structured training and development route for talented young athletes (16-19) who have a chance of excelling in their sport.

Question 6

Universities

Answer 6

• most higher education institutions offer university sports scholarships or bursaries although competition is high and numbers are limited, those who get them have access to special facilities.

Question 7

Talented athlete scholarship scheme

Answer 7

• provides funding
• government funded scholarship programme
• ome unis host centres of sporting excellence.