Curriculum Portal

neurologyYou need to know

• The three relevant UK government departments for sport are the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Department for Education.
• The Department for Culture, Media and Sport leads national sport policy, supports major sporting events, promotes participation, and works with agencies such as Sport England and UK Sport.
• The Department of Health and Social Care links sport to public health by promoting physical activity to help reduce obesity, improve wellbeing, and reduce pressure on the NHS.
• The Department for Education links sport to schools and young people through PE, school sport, physical literacy, and initiatives such as the PE and Sport Premium.
• Sport England mainly supports grassroots sport, community participation, facilities, clubs, and projects that help people become more physically active in England.
• UK Sport mainly supports elite Olympic and Paralympic performance through funding, talent identification, the World Class Programme, and medal-targeted support.
• National Governing Bodies set rules and regulations, organise competitions, develop their sport, increase participation, educate performers, train coaches, and may provide funding for facilities or programmes.
• Other UK sport organisations include National Disability Sports Organisations, the National Lottery, the Sport and Recreation Alliance, Active Partnerships, local councils, the Youth Sport Trust, AfPE, CIMSPA, and Activity Alliance.
• International governing bodies, committees, and federations, such as FIFA and the IOC, influence UK sport through rules, competitions, funding, ethics, anti-doping, and tournament scheduling.
• UK and international sport organisations can interact positively through funding, talent pathways, shared standards, and competitions, but they can interact negatively through disputes over politics, corruption, welfare, anti-doping, rules, or fixture scheduling.
• Sports development means developing a sport, developing performance and participation, and using sport to create social benefits such as better health, inclusion, and reduced crime.
• Key sports development roles include coaches, leaders, sports development officers, PE teachers, and officials, who help to deliver sessions, organise opportunities, enforce rules, and support progression.
• The main purposes of sports development are to increase participation, support progression towards elite performance, promote values such as fair play and respect, and support social policy such as anti-discrimination, crime reduction, and health initiatives.
• The sports development continuum has four levels: foundation, participation, performance, and excellence.
• The foundation level develops basic movement skills such as running, jumping, throwing, catching, striking, and kicking.
• The participation level is when people take part in sport or physical activity, often for enjoyment, health, friendship, or basic competition.
• The performance level gives performers structured opportunities to improve sporting ability through coaching, competition, facilities, and support.
• The excellence level involves the development of high-level performance, often through elite coaching, sports science support, talent pathways, and national or international competition.
• Target groups in sports development include males and females, disabled people, different ethnicities and cultures, different age groups, and physically inactive people.
• Common barriers to participation can be grouped as lack of opportunity, lack of provision, and lack of esteem; these can be reduced through better access, inclusive coaching, suitable facilities, role models, targeted promotion, and affordable sessions.

• Describe the role of a named sport organisation by linking its actions to participation, performance, funding, rules, education, coaching, or facilities.
• Compare Sport England and UK Sport by explaining which part of the performance pathway each mainly supports and giving accurate examples of their work.
• Analyse interactions between UK and international sport organisations by identifying financial, ethical, welfare, anti-doping, rule-related, and scheduling impacts.
• Classify a performer on the sports development continuum by using evidence about their skill level, coaching, competition, facilities, and progression opportunities.
• Identify barriers for a target group and propose realistic strategies to overcome them, using opportunity, provision, and esteem as the organising categories.
• Design a simple talent identification test by selecting sport-specific skills, setting clear criteria, observing performance, and justifying selected performers.
• Interpret participation or performance data by presenting it in a table or graph and explaining what it shows about success, funding, or areas for improvement.
• Apply a quality scheme or benchmark, such as Clubmark or QUEST, to judge a club or facility using criteria such as safety, staffing, cleanliness, activities, coaching, and equipment.
• Evaluate a sports development event or initiative by weighing advantages and disadvantages linked to cost, time, expertise, human resources, accountability, and success measures.
• Plan, promote, deliver, and evaluate a small sports development project for a target group, including participant needs, roles, resources, promotion methods, and measures of success.