Sports Premium

The PE and sport premium is designed to help primary schools improve the quality of the PE and sports activities they offer to pupils.

Schools must spend the funding to improve the quality of PE and sports activities they offer to pupils, but they are free to choose the best way of using the money. However the government suggests that schools can use the funding to:

• hire specialist PE teachers
• hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers
• provide existing staff with teaching resources to help them teach PE and sport
• support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs, holiday clubs and Change4Life clubs
• run sport competitions or increase pupils’ participation in the School Games
• run sports activities with other schools.

We believe that physical exercise not only improves health, reduces stress and improves concentration, but also promotes correct physical growth and development. Exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement, emotional stability and interaction with others. Through sport and other physical activities, our children will learn about their responsibilities both as individuals members of groups and teams. They learn to cooperate and to compete fairly, understanding their own and other’s roles.

Our aims are through physical education we teach and develop physical competence, an appreciation of skilled and creative performances, understanding of basic principles of ‘fair play’ and improve interpersonal skills. We achieve this by:

• following a broad and balanced PE curriculum fulfilling the National Curriculum;
• giving every child the opportunity to swim at least 25m;
• developing the fitness of the individual, by ensuring a good pace in lessons and incorporating fitness activities into physical education lessons as appropriate;
• integrating, where possible, into other curriculum areas, for example, the use of athletics data in maths & ICT;
• developing programmes that meet the needs of all children, providing equal opportunities, making allowances for children with disabilities and medical conditions, taking into account children with special educational needs, through modified programmes;
• involving the community where possible, for example, Sports Day, sports leaders from Waldegrave Secondary School, clubs, inter-school matches, outside coaching personnel and resources.
• providing enjoyable experiences, where positive attitudes of sensitivity, leadership, co-operation, competition and tolerance may develop.

Each year we publish how we have spent our allocation.