What is SHAPE?

SHAPE (Sport, Health Activity and Physical Education) is a new organisation whose members are the partner schools of the old Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire School Sport Partnerships.

SHAPE aims to work with its member schools to improve the lives of all young people in the area through their involvement in PE, school sport, physical activity and health-based interventions.

• SHAPE has been THE trusted provider of PE and School Sport support in the Chesterfield area for nearly 18 years. No-one else has as much experience as us!
• SHAPE is managed and staffed by qualified teachers with over 73 years’ experience of teaching and of working with and in schools.
• SHAPE has won national awards for its work with schools and in the community.
• SHAPE is the ONLY official delivery agency in the area for School Games (funded by the Department for Education) Only SHAPE can officially offer support with this initiative.
• SHAPE is the ONLY official delivery agency in the area for the Bikeability project (funded by the Department of Transport).
• SHAPE is one of only 7 approved partnerships across Derbyshire, the official representative of both Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire schools and works with the Government and Sport England supported Derbyshire-wide by the County Sports Partnership, Active Derbyshire.
• SHAPE is THE Lead Inclusion agency for school sport in Derbyshire as selected by the Youth Sport Trust. 
• SHAPE provides support to 57 member schools across both Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
• Due to its official networks, SHAPE currently attracts significant external funding which enables it to provide an extensive offer to its member schools at a highly subsidised rate. With your support we hope to be able to continue to do this.
• SHAPE is a not-for-profit organisation.