Why should we use our school?

Source: Active Places data January 2015. Data excludes higher and further education.

Schools are a valuablecommunity resource

of sporting facilitiesin England are onschool sites.

39%

Source: Active Places data January 2015. Data excludes higher and further education.

3,200Sports halls(of 3+ badminton courts)

30,000Grass pitches

2,000Artificial grasspitch facilities

1,400Swimmingpools

Schools have a range of sports facilities to offer the community:

Reputationof school

2nd Vocationalopportunitiesfor students

3rd

RaisingAchievement

4th

Financialbenefits

4th

Decrease inanti-socialbehaviour

6th

Improvedattendance

7thCommunityCohesion

8th

Schools interviewed for our case studies rated the top 10 benefits to be:What are the benefits for schools?

Each benefit has been ranked by popularity and we have only included the top ten.Source: 23 Sport England ‘Use Our School’ Case study schools interviewed before April 2015.

Clubs sharing expertise 1st

Improvedhealth

6th

Studentrecruitment

5th

Raise the school profile Create a positive image Improve student recruitment

Reputation of the school

Heart of the Community

Contribute to community cohesion Doorstep opportunities for young peopleReduction in vandalism and anti-social behaviour

Add value to the teaching and learning experienceStudents access sporting pathwaysStaff benefit from specialist expertise

Partnerships with Clubs

Access to physical activity outside of the school dayImprove productivityReduce absenteeism and stress

Healthier Students and Staff

Income for the school

Get the right business model Make a profit Fund equipment, maintenance,enrichment programmes etc

Volunteering and leadership opportunities Apprenticeships, training and work experience Part-time jobs for sixth form students

Vocational Opportunitiesfor students

Schools doing it their way…

We work with clubs to develop an affordable offer for the local community”Our Ladys RC High

“We operate as a separate business, but are integrated into school life”Nailsea School

“A leisure trust deliver our community use – a not-for-profit model is a perfect partner”Downlands Community School

“It’s not about making money, but about being the focal point in the community”Flixton Girls School

…What will your way be?

Percentage of Schools open forcommunity use and who uses them

82%62%

Sports clubs and communityassociations are the mostsignificant community usersof school sports facilitiesaccounting for:

The percentage of sports facilities on schoolsites that are open for community use:

Source: Active Places data January 2015. Data excludes higher and further education.

Source: Active Places data January 2015. Data excludes higher and further education.

A simple financial model

Totalexpenditure -£15,000

NET INCOME £15,000

Total Annualincome £30,000 Expenditure:

Total expenditure -£15,000

MaintenanceCleaningGas=

Badminton court sized sports hall4xWeekly usage:

Per week26

Weeks48hrs

Facilities:

+

-£30,000Total Annual income

Annual usage:

Electricity

Management models – your options

Using existingschool staff

Employingdesignated

staff

Via anarms-length

company suchas a charitabletrust or social

enterprise

Using acommercial

leisure provideror communityuse provider

Via a clubor NationalGoverning

Body of Sport

Throughyour localauthority

(‘dual use’)

Througha leisure trust

(or equivalent)

Managed by School Managed by Third Party

Through aconsortiumor networkof schools

Common Concerns

“Community use will have a negative impact on our core business of education”

“I’m a PFI School so community use is not viable”

“I’m concerned about health and safety and safeguarding issues during community hours – what if something goes wrong?”

“Community Use will damage our facilities”

“We don’t have great sports facilities so we can’t open for community use”

“We would have to do it all ourselves”

Solutions

“Community Use will damage our facilities”

“We don’t have great sports facilities so we can’t open for community use”

“We would have to do it all ourselves”

“Community use will have a negative impact on our core business of education”

“I’m a PFI School so community use is not viable”

“I’m concerned about health and safety and safeguarding issues during community hours – what if something goes wrong?”

Get the right procedures in placeConsult with your communityorganisations, find our their needs

Explore third party

management options

Use the Safeguarding Tool for

Community activity on the

Sport England website

Talk to other PFI schoolsthat have made it happenPut together a business plan

and work with your Governors

Getting it right

Vision

MarketResearch

Governanceand

Management

Monitoringand

evaluation

Marketing

Systems andProcedures

Planningand

Programming

For help and advice visitwww.sportengland.org/useourschool