Sport, in general, at many schools in England is promoted through the School Sports Partnerships Programme.
It has many contacts at the highest level in UK sport.
[2] It is the UK's representative on the International School Sport Federation (formed in 1971), a federation of national school sports organisations.
People who work on the council of the NCSS have strong connections to the national federations of individual sports.
It is sited at the Youth Sport Trust, headquartered at Loughborough University.