SCHOOLS
Calling all staff and school members!
You can become an official Inclusive Sportswear Advocate and lead your school to Inclusive Sportswear School Champion status on our Community Platform now!
Learn how we help you below.
“PE kit is just the biggest barrier to kids being active in schools and for some kids, that’s the only opportunity they actually get to be active. So, if they’re avoiding being active because of kit, then that's just surely something that can be easily rectified.”
- Head of PE for Lakelands Academy, a secondary school in rural Shropshire
- Head of PE for Lakelands Academy, a secondary school in rural Shropshire
Helping you deliver choice, comfort and inclusion in PE kit policy
We support school staff and school members to deliver inclusive PE kit policies that enable more enjoyment and participation in their school.
PE kit should be comfortable, affordable, practical, inclusive and offer a wide range of choice for pupils. PE kit policy should be designed to support engagement in PE.
With a changing landscape of school uniform and PE kit policy requirements, we have partnered with the Youth Sport Trust to support teachers, coaches, school leadership, parents and pupils.
We have developed unique support for schools to lift the barrier of PE and sports kit for pupils, and champion inclusion in activity.
Lead your school to Inclusive Sportswear Champion status
We have developed the Inclusive Sportswear Community Platform to support a school staff or school member to lead their school to Inclusive Sportswear Champion status.
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Upon joining the Community Platform, you will find
Expert Schools Guidance Accessible for Free.
Inclusive Sportswear Advocate Training for teachers, coaches, parents.
4-step process for Schools to become Inclusive Sportswear School Champions.
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Your path to be an Inclusive Sportswear Champion
EXPLORE Expert Guidance
Our Guidance is written in collaboration with the Youth Sport Trust.
We have expert guidance on:
- School Policy - E.g. Why PE Kit matters; How to create a more inclusive kit policy; What an inclusive PE kit policy looks like.
- Advice on: Women & Girls, Men & Boys; Sports Bras; Disability & Neurodiversity; Race & Ethnicity; Religion & Belief; Gender Diversity & Expression; Sustainability.
Full of real case studies and helpful advice to ensure you are equipped with knowledge. Illustrated by Pritchard’s Pencil.
Presented in bite-size infographic slides for you to explore at your own pace.
Advocate Training
- The optional 20-minute quiz helps you feel confident in your knowledge of the Guidance.
- Complete the training to gain an official Inclusive Sportswear Advocate Certificate.
pledge + become a CHAMPION
- The Champion Process has been designed with the Youth Sport Trust as a simple way to support staff to implement change in kit policies.
- The four steps are outlined below, click to learn more about each one.
- Only one staff member – the ‘Lead Advocate’ – will be able to submit the Champion Process online.
- Successful completion of the Champion Process will earn Inclusive Sportswear Champion certification for two years.
- You will be entered into the annual Inclusive Sportswear Champion Awards.
Champion Process
Take the Pledge
First, Pledge to the Inclusive Sportswear Charter.
The Charter Pledge signals your commitment to inclusive kit, and is a quick form online.
The Charter Pledge signals your commitment to inclusive kit, and is a quick form online.
Review Kit
Next, review your kit policies and practices, see what you're doing well and can improve.
This Review is a simple online check-box exercise taking a few minutes.
This Review is a simple online check-box exercise taking a few minutes.
Action Plan
Following your Review, identify the key areas you want to improve and build your Action Plan.
Our templates help you see how to do it, and you submit them in the online form.
Our templates help you see how to do it, and you submit them in the online form.
Evidence
The Evidence section shares with us how your Action Plan has improved your support of choice, inclusion and participation.
Submit your evidence in the online form.
Submit your evidence in the online form.
faqs
What if we already have an inclusive PE kit policy in our school?
If you have already started your inclusive PE kit journey, we encourage you to join the Community Platform to:
- Complete the Review to ensure you are meeting the School Champion standards.
- If you are happy with your school’s progress, we invite you to complete the Action Plan and Impact Evidence sections ‘retrospectively’ as appropriate.
- Submit your Champion Process and we will review for you.
- Complete the Review to ensure you are meeting the School Champion standards.
- If you are happy with your school’s progress, we invite you to complete the Action Plan and Impact Evidence sections ‘retrospectively’ as appropriate.
- Submit your Champion Process and we will review for you.
Why should we become an Inclusive Sportswear School Champion?
Inclusive PE kit can help more young people stay active and develop positive life-long relationships with sport and activity. Join schools, clubs, brands and governing bodiesin pledging to the Inclusive Sportswear Charter and joining the movement to ensure sports kit policy is never the reason someone drops out of sport.
How many staff can become Inclusive Sportswear Advocates?
There is no limit on school Advocates, everyone in your school can join the Community Platform and become an Advocate. However, there is a limit of one ‘Lead Advocate’ per school – this is the person who will be responsible for the School Champion process for your school.
What is the role of the ‘Lead Advocate’?
The ‘Lead Advocate’ is the only member of staff who can complete the online forms for the School Champion process through the Community Platform.
- Lead Advocates submit the Charter Pledge form, the Review, the Action Plan and the Impact Evidence for the school.
- Lead Advocates must gain senior-leadership sign-off to Pledge the School to the Charter, and are encouraged to involve as many staff and parents in the School Champion process
- Lead Advocates submit the Charter Pledge form, the Review, the Action Plan and the Impact Evidence for the school.
- Lead Advocates must gain senior-leadership sign-off to Pledge the School to the Charter, and are encouraged to involve as many staff and parents in the School Champion process
Can parents become Inclusive Sportswear Advocates?
Yes! Parents can become Advocates, but they are not able to become the Lead Advocate, unless they hold a role in the school.
- We encourage parents to join the Community Platform to understand all areas of why PE and sports kit matters.
- We invite parents to become Advocates too and then ask them to become active in helping their school become an Inclusive Sportswear School Champion.
- We encourage parents to join the Community Platform to understand all areas of why PE and sports kit matters.
- We invite parents to become Advocates too and then ask them to become active in helping their school become an Inclusive Sportswear School Champion.
What is the School Champion process?
A four-step process on the Community Platform including Pledge, PE kit Review, Action Plan and Impact Evidence submission.