1. AS Physical Education
UK Sport
World Class Programme

2. World Class Programme
• Winning medals on the international sporting stage is incredibly tough
and the margins between success and failure become smaller with
each passing year. To ensure that the UK’s most talented athletes have
every chance of realising their potential, UK Sport has created the
World Class Performance Programme.
• The Programme covers all summer Olympic and Paralympic sports,
together with the high-performing winter Olympic sports and operates at
three distinct levels:
• Has 3 Levels:
– World Class Talent
– World Class Development
– World Class Podium
Lottery Funded
Lottery Funded

3. World Class Talent
• Support the identification of athletes who have the potential to progress
through the World Class Programme.
• Funding provided through the programme will allow sports to identify
the athletes with all the right attributes to ensure they can go on to
compete effectively on the world stage.
• Raise the level of sophistication by which sports approach the
identification of new athletes and examine ways in which talent, where
appropriate, can be transferred across sports.
Talent --designed to support the identification and confirmation of
Talent designed to support the identification and confirmation of
athletes who have the potential to progress through the World Class
athletes who have the potential to progress through the World Class
pathway with the help of targeted investment
pathway with the help of targeted investment

4. World Class Development
• Comprises of sports that have demonstrated that they have realistic
medal winning capabilities for 2012.
• Olympic athletes at this level are typically six years away from the
podium.
• Other sports not yet funded at Podium Programme level but where
there is performance evidence that they have the potential to medal
in the next Olympic/Paralympic cycle are eligible for consideration
for funding at World Class Development level.
Development – comprising of athletes whose performances have
Development – comprising of athletes whose performances have
suggested that they have realistic medal winning capabilities for 2012
suggested that they have realistic medal winning capabilities for 2012
and newly funded sports that are demonstrating the ability to be
and newly funded sports that are demonstrating the ability to be
competitive by 2012
competitive by 2012

5. •
World Class Podium
This Programme will support sports with realistic medal capabilities at the
next Olympic/Paralympic Games.
• At this level, an assessment of realistic medal projections determines the
required investment per sport
• Athlete places will be distributed to a sport based on a combination of the
sport's: results at the last Games; competitive track record; project medal
capability in the future; demonstrated ability to constantly produce athletes
through the pathway.
• Support is provided through a performance programme with the governing
body and an athlete personal award.
Podium --supporting athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at
Podium supporting athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at
the next Olympic/Paralympic Games (i.e. a maximum of four years away
the next Olympic/Paralympic Games (i.e. a maximum of four years away
from the podium)
from the podium)

6. EIS High Performance Centres

7. The World Class Programme
Some 1,200 of the nation’s leading athletes
Some 1,200 of the nation’s leading athletes
at the Podium and Development levels
at the Podium and Development levels
alone, benefit from an annual investment of
alone, benefit from an annual investment of
around £100 million, with many more
around £100 million, with many more
involved at the Talent level. The
involved at the Talent level. The
Programme works by ensuring that
Programme works by ensuring that
athletes get the support – delivered
athletes get the support – delivered
through their sport’s national governing
through their sport’s national governing
body – that they need at every stage of
body – that they need at every stage of
their development.
their development.

8. Looking to the Future
Olympic Sports now await the decision as to where the funding
will be focused towards success at Rio 2016
UK Sport have already launched their talent search campaign for
Rio called Talent 2016