Staffordshire County Council - STARS

The Staffordshire County Council STARS (Sustainable Travel Accreditation and Recognition for Schools) project helps schools to create, develop, implement, monitor and maintain their own travel plan by offering a range of programmes.

Activities and initiatives have been developed to recognise and support STARS schools that have demonstrated a move to supporting sustainable travel choices on the journey to and from school. Staffordshire County Council were seeking enthusiastic and experienced providers to work with them and deliver key service areas.

Aspire were first commissioned by Staffordshire County Council in 2015 to work with STARS schools in the Tamworth district to promote and deliver balance bike training and scooter training. The programme focused on children in reception, year one and year two.

Following the delivery to over 1,200 children in phase one, Aspire were contracted to deliver the programme in three more Staffordshire County Council districts – Cannock, South Staffordshire and Lichfield – to a further 1,200 children.

As well as providing fully qualified instructors to deliver the balance bike and scooter training, Aspire also offered:

A value added service that made initial contact with the schools
Organised provision
Established healthy communication streams with the Connectivity Support Team
Completed administration tasks
Collated data
Collected anecdotal feedback from children and schools

Case Study

Working relationship commenced in 2015
Delivered Balance Bike and Scooter training
Trained over 2,400 children to date
Balance bikes, scooters and helmets all provided to ensure ALL children can participate

Contact

Catherine Stephenson, Connectivity Support Officer, Staffordshire County Council

"Aspire's organisation – from project management, back office administration and on ground delivery – has been incredibly good which has enabled the programme to not only be a success but we have been able to include a much larger number than originally thought. Feedback from all schools involved has been very positive throughout and they are now actively engaged in our project with outcomes being achieved.”

Aspire's organisation – from project management, back office administration and on ground delivery – has been incredibly good which has enabled the programme to not only be a success but we have been able to include a much larger number than originally thought.

Catherine Stephenson

Staffordshire County Council

Aspire offer a positive ongoing relationship, consistent high-quality team members through different programmes and peace of mind

Hillary Primary School

Aspire offer us reliability, a high standard of tuition & flexibility

St Margaret's CE Primary School

Our children have enjoyed the approach to maths, through the Maths on the Move Programme - it focuses their learning and shows them the importance of maths in everything (it's not just a subject).

St Mary's RC Primary School

This is the 3rd time that my children have come to Aspire Active Camps, they love it and are already asking to go back! My younger daughter is brimming with confidence from her new-found sports skills and my older daughter has discovered a love for basketball. Top marks for the team all round!

Active Camps Parent 6/9/16

We have worked with Aspire Sports for over five years. The quality of delivery has always been excellent. The coaches are well qualified, knowledgeable and child friendly.

Sue Bailey

The Arthur Terry School

WSAS have had an extremely positive and long standing relationship with Aspire Sports. The feedback from our schools has been outstanding and we always achieve our pass rate targets. We communicate regularly, the support staff are always on hand to help out and are very professional and friendly. Aspire always go beyond our expectations.

Faye Haworth

Wilson Stuart Active Society

My child loves the range of activities on offer. I am always impressed by the positive, professional and friendly team both at the camp and the office.

Active Camp Parent 31/10/16