What is a SSP?

School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE and sport opportunities for all young people.

A typical partnership consists of:

• A Partnership Development Manager (PDM);
• up to eight school sport co-coordinators (SSCos);
• 45 primary and special school link teachers (PLTs).

A PDM is a full-time role usually based within a Sports College. They manage the SSP and develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community.

An SSCo is based in a secondary school and concentrates on improving school sport opportunities, including out of hours school learning, intra and inter-school competition and club links, across a family of schools.

PLTs are based in primary and special schools and aim to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport in their own schools.

A typical SSCo partnership model: