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Evaluation of the New Opportunities for PE and Sport Initiative
CRSP is part of a consortium, led by the Institute of Youth Sport, which is conducting a six year evaluation of the New Opportunities for PE and Sport initiative.
The initiative has six key outcomes that projects are expected to achieve:
- improved physical education and sport in schools;
- higher standards across the whole school through PE, sport and other forms of structured activity;
- better opportunities to increase the levels of physical activity among the school age population and, more generally, local communities;
- improved collaboration, co-operation and partnership between schools and their communities;
- promotion of social inclusion through access to, and use of, sports and outdoor adventure facilities by all groups in society;
- innovation and best practice in the design and management of facilities.
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative methods the evaluation includes:
Seven fast track case studies to evaluate effective practice and demonstrate innovative approaches or designs, to offer examples of effective practice for the main track projects.
Eleven core local authority case studies have been selected, geographically spread across the UK. The case studies involve portfolio level evaluation visits (interviews with key portfolio level stakeholders) and project level evaluation visits (interviews with key stakeholders, pupil surveys, community user surveys and focus groups with young people).
A further 18 telephone case studies have been selected across the UK. These have been designed to further explore partnership working in the delivery of the programme and to identify examples of innovation and effective practice in a more diverse range of settings.
Surveys are used to collect quantitative data across the UK, on the impact of the NOPES initiative. Baseline and subsequent annual surveys will mainly be used to measure changes in participation over time.
Project team
Dr Amanda Waring, Dr Janet Harvey and Nicola Selby
Publications
All reports are available from the Institute of Youth Sport website
Dates
November 2002 to September 2008.
Sponsor
New Opportunities Fund
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