Sports Premium
The Government is giving extra funding to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding.
This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary schools to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.
The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools.
Purpose of Funding
All children should have the opportunity to live healthy and active lives. Physical activity has many physical benefits, whilst also improving mental wellbeing. Children who participate in regular exercise are happy, confident and resilient. The PE and Sports Premium can help schools make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of Physical Education (PE) and sport that they offer. It will be used to secure improvements in the following 5 key indicators:
- Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity.
- Profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement.
- Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils.
- Increased participation in competitive sport
Professional Development of Staff
One of the key strands of the sports funding is to develop the skills of our school staff so that the quality of PE and sport that is delivered will be enhanced.
Qualified sports coaches will work alongside staff to deliver lessons and support planning and delivery of PE.
Working in this way teacher confidence and expertise will develop and the school will benefit from high quality planning resource materials.
We are registered with Sainsbury’s School Games. Having achieved the Gold Award for the last 5 years running,
we have now been awarded the Platinum Award, this is the highest award possible.
For more information about the Sainsbury’s School Games Mark, head over to Your School Games.
