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Sports and outdoor activity services

Working with schools, young people and parents to help increase participation, raise attainment and to promote active, healthy lifestyles.

Updated: 4th December 2023

Calderdale Sports Services provide first-class sports, coaching, activity and development sessions. We work with schools, young people and parents to help increase participation, raise attainment, promote active, healthy lifestyles, by providing:

  • Exciting, stimulating and challenging sports and activities.
  • Services available to both primary and secondary students, focused to the criteria of the sports premium funding and to meet Ofsted requirements.
  • Activities that are risk assessed and delivered in a safe and effective way, at your school or at our first-class facilities.
  • Teams of experienced coaches who are all employed by the Council. They have all passed an Enhanced Disclosure and barring service check. They have the qualifications/skills to enable all young people to get the maximum benefit from each coaching session.

What we can do for you:

Athletics

What we offer

Spring Hall athletics facility is an ideal education venue offering playground to podium opportunities for local children. The athletics facility, and its surroundings, lends itself to a wide range of sport, literacy and numeracy activities. The facility has successfully served local schools since opening in 2007 and continues to do so with over 4,500 education related users per year. We have experienced and professional sports coaches that can tailor developmental physical activities to suit the ability of your students.

Pricing

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Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils feel safe and assess and manage risk appropriately, and keep themselves safe
  • Pupils develop a range of skills
  • Positive climate for learning in which pupils are interested and engaged
  • Safety of pupils attending on-site and off-site alternative provision

Better Living Service

What we offer

A specialised team of Physical activity (PA) and Healthy lifestyle trainers who offer a range of flexible services for schools:

  • whole school health days, including the National child measurement programme (NCMP) - once a year. 
  • school health days (half days) - one visit per term, focusing on specific year groups and a specific health topic each time;
  • midday supervisor training - a three or four session package. This can also be delivered to breakfast club and after school club staff;
  • staff Continuing personal development (CPD) - bespoke packages to build knowledge and confidence in the delivery of physical activity and nutrition;
  • Change 4 Life clubs - a six week package (one hour per class per week) - this covers a different lifestyle and physical activity topic each week.

Some of the above are included within our offer, but some may incur a charge. To discuss the details of the offer, including which services include a charge, please contact us.

A family approach

We have adapted our service for families after reviewing the feedback we receive from families, and reflecting on our own practice.

Instead of a 10 week programme, we offer a targeted and bespoke approach. We work on an individual basis with families, and help them to identify their own goals and aspirations in terms of their health and general wellbeing. Each family is allocated a Better Living trainer who will work with them and support them to make sustainable lifestyle changes. We hope that this more focused approach will better serve the family health needs.

If you have one or more families within your school community who you feel could benefit from our free service, please contact us to make a referral. For more details on this service, see: 

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Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils' self confidence;
  • Pupils' personal development and behaviour;
  • Pupils' knowledge of how to keep themselves healthy, including through exercising and healthy eating;
  • Schools' engagement with parents / carers;
  • Learning programmes or a curriculum that have suitable breadth, depth and relevance;
  • Pupils' understanding of the consequences of their behaviour and actions;
  • Extra-curricular activities for pupils to extend their knowledge and understanding and to improve their skills in a range of sporting activities.

Cycling

Calderdale Council offer a broad range of funded and chargeable cycling services, with a variety of cycling information on the council website. We offer high quality cycle activities for 2 to 16 year olds and adults, with a focus on cycle sport and recreation, sustainable transport and road safety.

We offer:

  • Pedal Free Training - learning how to ride without pedals or stabilisers, for 3 to 5 years 
  • Bike Skills - improving the skills of children riding a two wheeled bike, for 5 to 9 years
  • Bikeability Level 1, 2 and 3 - A funded National Standards cycle training course for 9 to 14 years
  • British Cycling Partnership - The National Governing Body of Cycling has teamed up with Calderdale to bring Let's Ride Local to the area

Bespoke cycle packages are delivered by National Standards Instructors, Mountain Bike Leaders and British Cycling Coaches (Cycle Sport).

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Further information

Cycle Calderdale has routes and events held in and around Calderdale, including family, road and mountain events.

Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils feel safe and assess and manage risk appropriately, and keep themselves safe
  • Pupils develop a range of skills
  • Positive climate for learning in which pupils are interested and engaged
  • Safety of pupils attending on-site and off-site alternative provision
  • Provide records and documentation relating to pupils' safety in on-site and off-site alternative provision.

Gym and fitness

What we offer

  • Junior Fitness Memberships

    Understanding and supporting young people's natural yearning for physical activity will help lead them to a lifetime of happy and healthy living. Active Lifestyles Sport Services provide Junior memberships for young people from as early as 3 years old.

    The Junior Fitness membership gives young people access to Calderdale Council's gyms, swimming pools, fitness classes and discounts off XS activities, plus a coached session per week. This could be a swimming lesson, gymnastics, trampoline, football or basketball session. It also gives 25% off any additional coached sessions.

  • Gym

    From 8 years old, young people can attend dedicated junior gym sessions. From 11 years old young people can attend the gyms at any time if accompanied by an adult, and from 14 years old young people can make full use of the gyms unaccompanied. Gym users will have an individualised programme designed by a fully qualified fitness professional to assist them in achieving their fitness goals. We pride ourselves on offering quality health and fitness education, teaching young people how to take care of their bodies. This includes choosing the right foods, performing the right exercise and activities, and leading a healthy lifestyle.

    The Technogym Wellness system, available in the gyms at North Bridge Leisure Centre, Brighouse Pool and Fitness Centre and Sowerby Bridge Pool and Fitness Centre, helps users monitor their own progress by providing workout data including calories burned, weights lifted and distance travelled. A great motivational tool!

  • Fitness classes

    Calderdale Council Sport Service have a comprehensive fitness class timetable, which includes the most popular forms of exercise to music. This includes Body Combat, Body Pump, Body Attack, Zumba, Boxercise, and much more. Classes are available to young people from 14 years old unaccompanied.

    Our membership packages are comprehensive and are individually tailored to maximise the benefits to all young people.

Pricing

For further information and prices please contact

Further information

Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils feel safe and assess and manage risk appropriately, and keep themselves safe;
  • pupils develop a range of skills;
  • positive climate for learning in which pupils are interested and engaged;
  • safety of pupils attending on-site and off-site alternative provision.

Specialist Inclusion Service and Sports Services

We offer

Our Disability Sports Development Officer works in both the Specialist inclusion service (SIS) and Sports services (SS), coordinating and delivering specific programmes to promote the inclusion and integration of disabled young people in curriculum and 'out of school' PE and sport sessions.

Targeted work and consultation is carried out, in partnership with school PE staff, to give us an accurate picture of the barriers faced, and the appropriate methods required, to establish the inclusion and development of disabled children and young people in sport. PE guidance is produced in various formats for school colleagues promoting an inclusive approach to physical activity and as a pathway towards inclusion in the community.

The programme includes:

  • flexible arrangements to suit individual schools;
  • practical solutions and activities to address your inclusive PE and sport issues;
  • specialist sports coach support in curriculum and 'after school' sessions;
  • disability sport resources and examples of good practice;
  • monitoring and evaluation of agreed aims and actions;
  • advice and support on local and regional school competitions and events;
  • advice and support on inclusive opportunities in mainstream sports groups and clubs;
  • ongoing support, guidance and advice.

Contact

For information and prices, please contact:

Further information

See: Specialist Inclusion Service.

Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils feel safe and assess and manage risk appropriately, and keep themselves safe;
  • pupils develop a range of skills;
  • positive climate for learning in which pupils are interested and engaged;
  • safety of pupils attending on-site and off-site alternative provision.

Sports development

What we offer

We can help you and your school improve the quality and quantity of sports provision in a variety of ways. We provide a wide service and run a variety of projects and initiatives. We have expert knowledge in all areas of sports development as well as years of experience in:

  • Sports coach education:

    We run a number of different programmes including general safeguarding, First aid, Leadership courses and also sport specific courses. Bespoke courses can be organised depending on your needs. Attending these courses will help to up-skill your staff / students in sports delivery and could be an ideal way to gain employment as a coach, volunteer or leader;

  • School to club links and satellite clubs:

    We provide support and guidance for schools wanting to make formal links with sports clubs. We work with the schools and clubs to ensure the clubs are safe and effective through, for example, club accreditation, development plans, and safeguarding policies / training. We also run a satellite club programme supporting clubs to gain access to schools facilities;

  • Funding for sport:

    We provide expert support and guidance for schools wishing to apply for external funding for both capital and revenue projects. We can talk you through the process and the different funding streams available, advise you on which funds fit your outcomes, and assist you with business planning and sports development planning;

  • Advice on sports strategies and partnerships:

    The team has expert knowledge on the Council's sports strategies including Playing Pitch Strategy and Facility Strategy. We can advise how they can support your school, improve your facilities and link to the local community. We also have excellent relations with Sport England, West Yorkshire Sport, the Youth Sport Trust and national governing bodies of sport. Rather than spending hours working to find all the information, let us do it for you.

Contact

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Ofsted benefits

Our services can support your school to meet a number of Ofsted requirements:

  • pupil progress and attainment;
  • developing a range of skills;
  • narrowing the gap;
  • effective use of pupil premium.

Feedback

First aid course participants:

  • "Lots of up to date information which was given in both a serious way and a fun way"
  • "Good examples to help do practical aspects"

Safeguarding course participants:

  • "Relevant information about a variety of courses"
  • "Felt able to answer queries from my club"

CSLA (Community Sports Leadership Award) candidates

  • "CSLA was fun and very informative covering everything and any situation you can possibly be put in and adapting the situation, covering different situations you can be and how to adapt those"
  • "I liked working as a team, learning new skills, doing inclusion skills. Also being able to encourage people to participate and given encouragement after delivery by the rest of the team"

Run Leaders course participants

  • "It was a very varied course, so you learnt things across a wide range of subjects and you also learnt a lot about non-traditional sports like goal ball and boccia. Learning about adaptive games with little or no equipment was important. Both course tutors were helpful and friendly!"
  • "Good course just the right length, pitched at a good level"
  • "Information provided on course very helpful. Good start up kit provided and support available"

Business Manager, Primary Academy:

  • "The academy has successfully been awarded a substantial grant from Sports England through their protecting playing fields programme to level the school fields. The school and Calderdale Sports Development Team worked together closely on the bid with the development team supplying data in relation to local need and strategic development. Their collabo4ration and on-going support has not only allowed the school to be successful in their current bid but has opened up further opportunities to work together on future projects"

Swimming development

We offer a wide range of aquatic activities for pupils with varying abilities including:

  • swimming lessons (group and children with disabilities on a 1 to 1 basis); 
  • top-ups: schools can send extra children to their normal classes to help them achieve National Curriculum standard;
  • water safety;
  • survival;
  • Bronze, Silver and Gold Challenge awards;
  • lifesaving;
  • Have a Go: diving, synchronised swimming, snorkelling, mini-polo;
  • galas;
  • parties;
  • fun swims.

We have four outstanding facilities which have teaching pools and one has a specific diving area with boards. All main pools are 25 metres long, which is competition standard and ensures National Curriculum assessments can be carried out efficiently. Each facility has site specific risk assessments in place, plus EAPs (Emergency Action Plans) and NOPs (Normal Operating Procedures). All our swimming teachers have on-site annual inductions to ensure they are aware of any changes to the NOPs and EAPs.

All swimming teachers are:

  • ASA (Amateur Swimming Association) or STA (Swimming Teachers Association) Level 2 accredited;
  • hold the appropriate qualification in lifesaving;
  • fully trained in Child Protection Safeguarding;
  • regularly attend CPD (Continued Professional Development) courses;
  • multi-skilled - able to teach other disciplines, eg diving, synchronised swimming, etc;
  • appraised on a regular basis;
  • deliver over 4,300 lessons a week.

Contact

For more information and prices, please contact:

Ofsted benefits

  • Pupils feel safe and assess and manage risk appropriately, and keep themselves safe;
  • Pupils develop a range of skills;
  • Positive climate for learning in which pupils are interested and engaged.

School statistics and feedback

  • 100% of children attending our lessons achieve certification showing progression
  • 57% of swimmers in Year 6 passed the National Curriculum (part of Key Stage 2 requirement) and 66% passed their 25 metre award
  • up to 50% reduction on transport cost

"Swimming instructors are super at encouraging frightened non-swimmers into confident swimmers"

"Some good support given to the less able/apprehensive swimmers - thank you"

"Fantastic service as always"

"The sessions run smoothly, the teachers seem excellent (in both skills - teaching and behaviour management) and the children seem to make good progress. I don't think there's much more we could ask for"

"The whole group has really enjoyed the lessons and it is clear to see that everyone has made progress"

"The children enjoy swimming and are making good progress"

We are also working with the Calderdale Schools sports programme (CSSP) to ensure the sports and activity offer for schools is comprehensive and gives best value for money. We look forward to discussing your requirements in greater detail so we can develop a bespoke package for your school and young people.

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