School Sports Partnerships (SSP’s) are families of secondary and primary schools that work together to enhance the quality of sporting opportunities, through the curriculum, Out of School Hours Learning, inter-school competitions and school to club links.

Within a family of schools there is a partnership manager who is based in a sports college, and whose role is to develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community.  Sports co-ordinators based in secondary schools who concentrate on improving school sport opportunities including out of hours learning, intra and inter-school competition and club links across a family of schools and primary and special school link teachers, whose aim is to improve the quality and quantity of PE and sport in their own schools.

Ghyll Royd School is now a part of the Oakbank SSC Partnership which consists of 6 secondary schools, 40 primary schools and 2 special schools and Mr. Martin is working closely with our family primary schools to introduce a programme of events, fixtures and competitions that will enable all children to have the opportunity to participate in a variety of sports.