Ringfenced school sport investment welcomed by Olympic athletes

Announcement

comes after Michael Gove has been forced to accept the money should go to sports in primary schools

a long deferral ? 150m sport in primary school, announced Saturday, was well received by Olympic athletes such as Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis after Education Secretary Michael Gove was forced to accept that the money must be reserved.

sports governing bodies such as the Football Association, the Rugby Football Union and the Lawn Tennis Association coaches should improve their links with primary schools in the system. Premier League clubs are also committed to the training and experience.

one long-standing dispute between the Ministry of Health, which is ? 60m per year in the new plan and insisted that the money be set aside for sport, and the Ministry of Education, which will invest 80 million pounds and the directors wanted to be free to decide how to spend it, was resolved in favor of the Ministry of Health.

But individual primary schools still have the freedom to decide whether to spend money on foreign coaches, teacher training or equipment. The financing consists of a lump sum by the school with a top per student, while a school with 250 students, for example, will receive ? 9,250 per year.

However, investments always promised does not already invested ? 162m in a national network of school sports associations, which was dismantled by Gove, in December 2010. A protest forced a partial reversal, but promised to fund ? 65m permission for a day of physical education specialists in primary schools is on in July.

The decision to eliminate school sports association, less than two years before London hosted the Olympic Games won on the grounds that it would "inspire a generation", was severely criticized by leaders sports, teachers and athletes.

Lord Coe, chairman of London 2012 legacy head of government, and the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the money should be allocated to primary schools and reserved for this was spent only sport. Gove wants to keep his principle to allow schools to decide how to spend their budget, but was persuaded to give up.

The announcement was welcomed by the gold medal winning athletes and sports governing bodies, but there is still concern among some teachers that investment is not yet accurate enough and could drive a patchwork layout. There is also concern that too much emphasis on competitive sport during the year.

• In an attempt to address the chronic shortage of skills among physical education teachers in primary education, a pilot program was created to produce a group of athletes specialized teachers. The first pilot project will produce 120 teachers in 2013.
• "I am particularly pleased with the proposals on the initial and continuous training of teachers, because I know from experience what an impact on teachers and their participation can have on young lives," Coe said.

Cameron said: "With this new approach to the sport, we can create a culture in our schools that encourages all children to be active and enjoy the sport, and promotes the aspirations of future Olympic and Paralympic athletes. "

Hunt said the new strategy would help address the growing crisis of obesity among primary school children and help encourage healthy habits.

"I want our Olympic legacy to inspire other children to participate in sport and exercise to prepare for a healthy life. Overwhelming benefits of exercise are more clear, but with a third of overweight children age 11 disposal to promote sports in schools will help us to solve the problem of obesity in this country, "he said.
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