Safeguarding children in Sport – Minimum standards of deployment for coaches


The provision of high quality PE and School Sport makes a significant contribution to children and young people’s health and well-being. The investment that has been made through both the School Games and Primary PE Premium has led to an increase in the number of new partners working with schools. The most recent survey has shown that 60% of schools are using outside providers to support in the delivery of sport and PE in schools. As with any situation where a number of partners are involved in delivering services to children there is potential for young people being exposed to risks through the failure to put effective safeguards in place or where there is lack of clarity about the roles and responsibilities.


In 2010 Wiltshire and Swindon Sport, in conjunction with a number of local partners developed a set of minimum standards for deployment for coaches


working in schools. The aim of these standards was to provide a consistency for both schools and external coaching providers and to ensure safeguards are in place. These standards are supported through RightCoach and all schools in Wiltshire and Swindon can access this database of registered coaches.


The standards reflect the current national framework being developed by Sports Coach UK for coaches working in schools. Coaches meeting these standards will hold a level 2 qualification in a specific sport, considered essential for the effective delivery of community sport. They will have in place the minimum level of public liability insurance to ensure they are properly covered in the event of an accident or incident taking place and will hold a current DBS check. In addition they will have undertaken safeguarding training either through Sports Coach UK or through the Local


Safeguarding Children Board that includes an awareness of good coaching practice, recognising indicators of harm or abuse and how to respond to a concern. They will also have undertaken training in the fundamentals of physical literacy for young people and a first aid qualification.


In addition to this local resource schools can ensure they are implementing best practice in employing outside coaches by utilising the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit “check and challenge” toolkit. This resource looks at each of the key stages of deployment of an external coaching provider a school should consider and some of the key questions to be asked by those involved in the delivery within the school environment.


Ann Tiivas, Director of the Child Protection in Sport Unit said “we have developed this resource to support


Avon Valley Sports Partnership Level 2 Football Festival


Mixed Competition 1st Amesbury Primary – won 1-0 2nd Ramsbury 3rd Clarendon Jrs 4th


Bulford St Leonards


5th Amesbury Archer A 6th Amesbury Archer B 7th Zouch B 8th


Larkhill 9th Zouch A


Small Schools Competition 1st Woodford Valley – won 2-0 2nd Colllingbourne 3rd Rushall 4th Woodborough B 5th


Kiwi Year 5 / 6 Football Festivall Amesbury Primary Girls


Friday 17th October saw the level 2 School Games Mixed, Small Schools and Girls Football festival for the Avon Valley Partnership taking place at Avon Valley College. 16 Schools took part with over 250 pupils participating. The post sixteen BTEC Level 3 Sport students officiated the games namely referring, running the line and timing the matches. The girl’s festival took place on the Astro pitches; this was a round robin competition. The Mixed and Small Schools took place on the field and were split into 2 pools


with play offs afterwards to establish the overall positions. The winners of each competition will represent the partnership at the level 3 final at Stanley Park, Chippenham on the 21 January 2015.


The results: Girls Competition 1st Amesbury Primary – Won all their matches


2nd Amesbury Archer 3rd Woodford Valley 4th 5th


Kiwi Rushall


6th Netheravon 6th


Bulford St Leonards Mixed Small Schools Woodford Valley


Right


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partners involved in providing sport activities for children in primary schools. It is intended to help ensure that young participants will be safe and looked after while involved in these activities”


To access the “check and challenge” toolkit and for further information about a range of topics related to safeguarding and protecting children in sport please visit; thecpsu.org.uk/ resource-library/2013/primary-school- check-and-challenge-tool/


For more information about the minimum standards for deployment or RightCoach please contact Dominique Oughton at Wiltshire and Swindon Sport by email dominique@wiltssport. org.uk or call 01380 725111 / 07917 030946.


Amesbury Primary School Mixed


6th Avondale 7th Woodborough A 8th Oare 9th Netheravon A 10th Netheravon B 11th Wellington


Wiltshire and Swindon Relay 15


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