Inspire Character, Confidence and Holistic Development Through Sport
Sport is a dynamic driver of learning, personal development, and future ambition. At Careers in Sport Academy, our ready-to-use resources and interactive workshops empower secondary schools to deliver meaningful, curriculum-aligned experiences that boost confidence, expand understanding, and ignite interest in sport-related careers.
From GCSE PE retrieval booklets and KS3 schemes of work to immersive workshops in media, leadership, and sport science, every resource is crafted to captivate students and nurture essential skills — including communication, creativity, resilience, and critical thinking.
Empowering Students Through Sport and Career Education
Sport and PE are much more than physical activity – they are powerful vehicles for holistic child development, helping pupils grow academically, socially, emotionally, and personally. Through carefully designed sporting experiences, children learn to communicate effectively, work as part of a team, take on leadership roles, manage challenges, and develop resilience and positivity.
The Careers in Sport Primary School Academy harnesses this potential, enabling lessons, assemblies, into an opportunity to build life skills, self-awareness, and a growth mindset, while nurturing a lifelong love of learning and active living.
Our resources aim to nurture pupils’ personal development and provide a holistic approach to education, combining physical activity with character-building experiences that align with the national curriculum and Ofsted priorities.
Benefits for Schools
- Enhance Curriculum Delivery: Ready-to-use, curriculum-aligned materials save teachers time while enriching PE and PSHE lessons.
- Support Whole-School Values: Assemblies and posters reinforce key values like resilience, positivity, and teamwork across all year groups.
- Improve Engagement and Behaviour: Interactive activities and reflection tasks encourage active participation, boosting motivation and reducing classroom disruptions.
- Flexible and Cost-Effective: Resources can be used in assemblies, lessons, or enrichment days, offering excellent value for money.
- Professional Expertise: Designed by Lee Sullivan, an experienced educator and author, ensuring quality and relevance.
What Pupils Will Gain
- Essential Life Skills: Communication, leadership, organisation, and problem-solving — skills that prepare children for life beyond school.
- Confidence and Self-Belief: Through assemblies and reflection journals, pupils learn to celebrate achievements and embrace challenges.
- Growth Mindset: Activities encourage resilience and positivity, helping pupils see setbacks as opportunities to learn.
- Teamwork and Social Skills: Sport-based tasks foster collaboration, empathy, and respect for others.
- Real-World Connections: Workshops like Media in Sport link classroom learning to exciting careers, inspiring future aspirations.
Interactive Workshops for Primary Schools
Flexible Delivery Options
- Teacher-Led: Includes PowerPoint, Student Workbook, and Teacher Script.
- Careers in Sport-Led: Delivered by experienced facilitators with real-world insights.
Perfect for PE lessons, assemblies, or cross-curricular enrichment, these workshops connect learning to life beyond the classroom.
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Inspiring Assemblies: Pack of 4
These 4 inspiring assemblies introduces pupils to key personal development skills of communication, resilience, positivity and leadership through the context of sport.
Each assembly includes a scripted PowerPoint with teacher notes, interactive activities, links to the Gatsby Benchmarks, real career examples and differentiated KS1 and KS2 follow-up tasks.
It supports schools in delivering engaging, curriculum-linked assemblies that build transferable skills and early career awareness through PE, sport and PSHE.
Pre-order our Primary resources today and be among the first to access them. Delivery is scheduled for late April / early May, with regular updates along the way.
Role Model Posters: Pack of 8
These 8 posters are designed to help schools make key personal development skills visible and meaningful. By using sport and real role models as the context, they highlight the qualities and attitudes that support learning, participation and future career readiness.
Character Posters: Pack of 8
This set of 8 posters focuses on key character traits developed through sport. Each poster defines the skill, links it to a sporting example and includes a reflective question to prompt pupil discussion.
Pupil Workbook
This workbook is designed to help pupils recognise and reflect on the character traits they build through sport and physical activity. It encourages pupils to make meaningful links between what they do in PE and the skills they use in everyday life and future careers. The workbook can be used alongside practical lessons or as part of PSHE and career-related learning to help pupils better understand their personal development journey.
Sport Education Unit of Work
This resource package includes a scheme of work, pupil reflection booklet, team booklet and 9 weekly lesson presentations.
It has been designed to support teachers in embedding employability and character development within their PE curriculum. It provides a structured approach that mirrors real sport seasons, giving pupils the opportunity to experience roles such as coach, captain, equipment manager and journalist, while developing key skills such as teamwork, communication, leadership and organisation.
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Looking to combine resources? We’ve already created three tailored packages to suit different school needs—ready to explore and implement.
Starter Inspiration Package
4 Assemblies | 8 Role Model Posters | 8 Character Posters | Pupil Workbook
Growth & Engagement Package
Sport Education Unit of Work | Media in Sport Workshop | Teamwork in Sport Workshop | Leadership in Sport Workshop
Whole-School Impact Package
4 Assemblies | 8 Role Model Posters | 8 Character Posters | Pupil Workbook | Sport Education Unit of Work | Media in Sport Workshop | Teamwork in Sport Workshop | Leadership in Sport Workshop
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