PESSCL stood for PE, School Sport and Club Links and it was considered that this was the way to create pathways to get young people participating in high quality physical activity while at school which they could then continue with into adulthood via a strong network of community sports clubs.

The government allocated £458million to cover the period from Oct 2002 to Oct 2006 and set a  PSA (Public Service Agreement) target to work towards:

"By 2006 a minimum of 75% of children aged 5-16 would be participating in at least 2 hours of high quality physical activity within and beyond the curriculum"

In order to achieve this target a national sporting framework was created. 400 schools were granted Sports College status and within each sports college funding was made available for School Sport Co-ordinators based in each secondary school within the Partnership, and a PDM to manage them. Money was made available for every primary school to provide cover for their staff to go on up to 12 CPD days to enhance their delivery of PE.

By 2006 the PSA target of 75% had been achieved and the 2008 target of 85% has also been surpassed by many schools. Spurred on by the success of the strategy and with the 2012 Olympics in mind the Government set a new PSA target known as 'The Ambition' or 'the Five Hour Offer':

"by 2010 the ambition is to offer children at least 5 hours per week comprised of- 

• at least 2 hours high quality PE and school sport
• the opportunity for at least a further 3 hours beyond the school day (delivered by a range of school, community and club providers)"

This web site supports and promotes the work of everyone in the Shelfield Sports Partnership who are working hard to achieve the 'Five Hour Offer'