The School Sports Partnership Programme is a government funded project to increase the percentage of 5 - 16 year olds participating in at least 2 hours of high quality curriculum Physical Education & school sport and to increase the percentage of 5 - 19 year olds participating in a further 3 hours per week of sporting opportunities.The Rural Derbyshire School Sport Partnership was established in 2001. We cover all schools in the Derbyshire Dales and areas of the High Peak including the Hope Valley. 

There are five Secondary schools and 64 Primary/Infant schools within the partnership covering a large rural area from Sudbury in the Derbyshire Dales all the way up to Edale in the Hope Valley area consisting of predominantly small village schools. Our range of school sizes also varies enormously from around 40 in the smaller village primary school to 1500 + pupils in our largest secondary school.

The website is here to:

• Inform you of what is happening within the Partnership network
• Share some good news stories and good practice with you
• Show you how the Partnership is working to achieve the Governments ambition for all children and young people aged between 5-16yrs to have the opportunity to participate in five hours of sport per week by 2011 (including 2 hours of high quality PE and sport at school) as well as 3 hours of sport for young people aged 16-19, as part of the "5 hour offer".