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. 2014 Sep 11;11:114. doi: 10.1186/s12966-014-0114-z

Table 9.

Description of resources, mean (SD) unit costs £, units, indicative total cost 2012–13 prices

Category and description of resources used Mean (SD) unit cost £ Number of units Total cost £
Non-recurrent resources-development
Leader consultation and development work
Refinement programme by Bristol City Council 200/day 6 days 1,200
Refinement programme after external input 200/day 3 days 600
Drafting 40 physical activity plans 200/day 15 days 3,000
One-off resources- training 3,800
Leader training TAs in groups 200/day 5 days/TA 300
First Aid training for TAs
TA training/school (2 TAs/school*25 hours)a 494(83)/school 10 schools 4,940
TA session plan overview 60(56)/school 10 schools 600
Recurrent resources- preparation
Printing training manuals 14/manual 20 manuals 280
Printing leader’s manual for TAs 18/manual 20 manuals 360
Recurrent resources- Action 3.30 delivery
Booster training sessions for TAs 36(51)/school 10 schools 360
Intervention delivery by TAs up to 40 sessionsb 858(173)/school 10 schools 8,620
Leader intervention delivery
1 visit per school Bristol by train 7.20/school 5 schools 36
1 visit per school Bath by train 14.40/school 5 schools 72
Delivery of booster session 200/day 3 days 600
Room hire booster session 200
Email/phone support 25/hour 3 hours/10 schools 750
Printing materials for Action 3.30 delivery c 1,155
School sports equipment d 2,177
Indicative total cost 29,050
Indicative total cost excluding non-recurrent costs 24,250
Indicative total excluding one-off training and non-
recurrent costs 14,610
Indicative cost per school (first year of delivery) 2,425
Indicative cost per pupil (first year of delivery) (n = 30) 81
Indicative cost per school (mainstream delivery) 1,461
Indicative cost per pupil (n = 30) 49

a5 day training programme 25 hours per school, session planning overview per school.

bTwo TAs per school, TA could claim for up to 80 hours, hourly wage rate varies from £8.32 to £15, hours claimed range (0-80 hrs), average hours claimed 73.9 hours, based on 30 pupils per school.

cClub pledge, pupil pledge, parental feedback, certificates, Easter reminder flyers, Easter parent flyers.

dBranded sports equipment, sponge size 5 balls, frisbees, balloons, hockey sticks.