Comment: | Playing for Success (PfS) is a partnership between the Department for Education and Skills, local authorities and a broad range of sports. Partners include clubs from the FA Premier League and Football Leagues, Rugby League and Union, cricket, basketball, hockey, ice hockey, gymnastics and tennis. In all fifteen different sports are represented in PfS.
Through Playing for Success, the DfES and partners are establishing study support centres within sports clubs grounds and venues. They help motivate pupils identified by schools as needing help with literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology (ICT). Centres are equipped with the latest ICT facilities and are open after school hours and cater mainly for ten to fourteen year olds. Typically, each pupil attends a two hour session each week for ten weeks. |
