About Lees Brook Community Sports College
Lees Brook was designated a Sports College in 2001 and is one of 501 across England.
Sports Colleges aim to use their curriculum specialism in sport to raise standards, achievement and attainment across all subject areas.
We work with 5 partner schools; da Vinci Community College, Cavendish Close Junior School, Park View Primary School, Chaddesden Park Junior School and Cherry Tree Hill Primary School to develop high quality teaching and learning in PE.
One of many ways that we show our commitment to the local community is through working with young people who have left school and require some support in finding a career pathway. We work in partnership with Sporting Futures, Derby County in the Community and the Kickz Project to re-engage young people through the vehicle of sport.
In addition to this the PE and Dance teams are outward-facing and contribute to specialism-related developments at a regional and national level.
There is a growing belief that PE and school sport can make a major contribution to many agendas – educational achievement, public health, community cohesion and, of course, sporting performance at the highest level.
Lees Brook became the hub of the Derby East School Sport Partnership (SSP) in 2002 when all schools in Derby (and 5 county schools) became part of the Derby City School Sport Partnerships. In 2008 Derby College also became a member of the SSP when a Further Education Sports Co-ordinator (FESCo) was appointed. There are 450 SSPs in England.
The Partnership Development Manager (PDM) is based at Lees Brook and works with School Sports Co-ordinators (SSCos) who are based at each of the secondary schools. They work with Primary Link Teachers (PLTs) and a family of primary / special schools to develop PE and School Sport across Derby.
SSPs are a network of local schools which exist to improve the number and quality of sporting opportunities available to young people. They also play a major role in providing competitive sporting opportunities for young people and increasing levels of participation.
There is evidence that sport can be used as a way of helping young people who may be struggling with their education and as a method of introducing young people to different roles e.g. leading and volunteering in sport in their community.
