PE Curriculum Support

The PE Curriculum Support (PECS) programme is an effective, sustainable investment for your PE and Sport Premium. It is more than a mere 1-day training course or standalone activity - instead, it takes a holistic approach to embed PE across your entire school.

PECS has been developed by Aspire Training Solutions and is recognised by the Association for Physical Education (afPE) as a programme that assures high-quality learning for teachers.

PECS has a proven record of helping schools drastically improve:

Planning
Progress tracking
Reporting
Teacher confidence
Staff subject knowledge

Mentoring Process

Primarily a mentoring process, PECS addresses DfE Professional Development Standards, offering regular and ongoing support to empower teachers to raise physical education and activity levels in a way that lasts.

PECS is led by expert mentors and is focused on improving and evaluating pupil outcomes. The programme involves activities designed to sustain and embed practice, including collaborative teacher activity, formative planning and assessment, and expert primary school PE input.

PECS is designed by primary school teachers for primary school teachers. Everything we do is underpinned by robust data and our approach is constantly evolving to meet the demands of the UK's primary schools.

Outcomes

Your teachers are highly skilled experts in the classroom. The PECS programme helps them transfer those skills into the PE environment in a safe, sustainable way. Teachers become more confident in delivering PE to a high standard, improving outcomes for your pupils.

With our help, your teaching staff will get professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively to all pupils.

Let us help you embed physical activity across your school.

COVID-19 Protocol

Research from Sport England shows that just 19% of children were meeting the recommended one hour a day of physical activity during lockdown.

For this reason, it is vital for the physical and mental health of our children that PE gets back on track.

The good news is that you don't have to do it alone.

We’ve recently made some adaptations to comply with government guidelines, maintain safe delivery and ensure your school’s PE doesn’t suffer from the fall-out of COVID-19.

What practical steps have we taken?

Step #1

Teachers now have the option to do their initial meeting with their PECS mentor online

Step #2

PECS folders will be posted out to schools in advance of the initial meeting

Step #3

Only the teacher will handle the PECS folder

Step #4

Updated online PECS portal for mentors to access additional features

Step #5

Risk assessments in line with school policies are created in advance

The Big Numbers

93% of teachers who have been guided by PECS felt they had increased their confidence in delivering PE lessons

94% felt they had improved their ability to plan a PE lesson

92% felt they had improved their ability to track pupils in PE

93% felt they had improved their subject knowledge in PE

92% felt they had improved their ability to write reports in PE

For the full impact report for the Academic year 2018-2019, please click here.

How does PECS address the DfE Standards?

Professional development should have a clear focus on improving and evaluating pupil outcomes

Pre programme delivery assessment to match needs, experience and knowledge to PECS activity and delivery
Reflective practice model evaluates impact on pupil outcomes
Differentiate lessons to help pupils achieve their potential and make rapid progress

Professional development should be underpinned by robust evidence and expertise

Pre and post evaluation
Impact data reports
Curriculum progress mapping
Quality assurance through regular observations and training
Evidence reported on portal
Each member of staff has their own personal development folder to help develop, support, reflect and evidence progress

Professional development should include collaboration and expert challenge

Mentors provide ongoing support, modelling and challenge
Regular feedback to help create, achieve and reflect on goals

Professional development programmes should be sustained over time

Delivered on site in your lesson with your pupils
Mentoring relationship pre, during and post lesson delivery
Ongoing support for all teachers taking part
Mentor can help engage children in sustained physical activity opportunities e.g. Extra curricular or leadership

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CASE STUDY

School: Priory Primary School

Objective:

Priory wanted to improve PE teaching throughout their school by giving staff the skills needed to deliver high quality PE lessons.
Problem: The staff lacked the knowledge and confidence required to challenge pupils struggling with low activity levels and a lack of engagement. The school also had not found a sustainable and proven solution to utilise their premium effectively

Solution:

We provided an introduction session for all staff to put the teachers at ease, reassuring them that their Aspire mentor would tailor the programme to their specific needs.

As a result, Priory quickly bought into Aspire's PECS programme, recognising it as a long-term sustainable solution.
Staff worked alongside their mentor to ensure rapid progress and development. They increased activity levels considerably, while keeping all children on task and developing constantly. They created lessons that were exciting and engaging for the children.

Staff have become more confident in delivering high quality PE lessons, developing and challenging their pupils and making PE lessons more active, exciting and engaging.
The profile of PE and school sport has increased throughout the school. This, in turn, has had a positive impact on the number of children participating in extracurricular clubs and activities.

Want your school to benefit from Aspire's expertise? Then contact us to set the ball rolling.