Specialist sports colleges - sport is one of the 10 specialisms within the specialist schools programme.

School sport partnerships - every state school in the country will be part of a school sport partnership.

Gifted and talented programme - aims to improve the range and quality of teaching, coaching and learning for talented sportspeople in order to raise their aspirations and improve their performance, motivation and self-esteem.

QCA PE and school sport investigation - aims to investigate the difference that high quality PE and school sport make to young people and the impact that this has on their schools.

Step into Sport - aims to encourage young people and adults to begin and continue an involvement in sports leadership and volunteering.

Professional development - aims to raise the quality of teaching and learning in PE and school sport by ensuring that teachers and others have the tools and expertise that they need. All maintained schools in England are able to access the programme free of charge.

School / club links - aims to increase the proportion of children guided into sports clubs from school sport partnerships.

Swimming - aims to ensure that more children are able to swim the statutory 25 metres by the end of Key Stage 2.