What is the ‘High Quality School Club Link’ programme
The programme is designed to provide parents and children with a ‘does what it says on the tin’, minimum quality standard for school to club links.
Linking clubs to schools is one of many ways of encouraging children to take part in sport outside of school hours, to get them into the habit of being active for life.
The standard asks clubs and school to work together to come to an agreement for them to be linked to each other, while at the same time, asking them to agree to a pre-defined set of minimum standards. This makes it easier for everyone to understand what they should be expected.
How can schools get the ‘High Quality School Club Link?
If you are interested in your school linking to clubs using this programme, you will need to contact your local County Sports Partnership. At the moment, not all areas have signed up for the programme, and if you can’t find the details of people or organisations in your area by clicking here. Please call GreaterSport on 0161 223 1002 to discuss, and we will do what we can to help.
Benefits
- A pack with pre-defined criteria for working through the agreement
- Support from the delivery system for sport in England
- An equal balance of club input and school input is advocated
- A consistent standard, making it easier to recommend clubs to parents
Once completed:
- A certificate signed by the Chief Executive of the programme
- Inclusion in the database on www.schoolclublinks.com
- A reminder letter to let you know when your link is up for renewal
- Inclusion in ‘Link Alert’, the dedicated newsletter for the programme
- Opportunity to feature on the news section of www.schoolclublinks.com
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Use of the ‘High Quality School Club Links’ logo during your agreement
Who do I contact?
At the moment, not all areas have signed up for the programme, and if you can’t find the details of people or organisations in your area by clicking here, (Link to contacts), please call GreaterSport on 0161 223 1002 to discuss, and we will do what we can to help. This programme is currently only being rolled out in limited areas, so please bear with us.
Which schools have achieved ‘High Quality School Club Link’ status?
Interested in which other school have worked with clubs to achieve the standard? Click here to go to the database.
