Primary PE & Sports Funding
In March 2013 the government announced that it was to provide additional funding of £150 million per annum to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools in England - The Primary PE & Sport Premium. This funding - provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport - is allocated to primary school head teachers. The funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.
Purpose of funding:
Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. For example, they can use their funding to:
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hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers
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provide existing staff with training or resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively
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introduce new sports or activities and encourage more pupils to take up sport
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support and involve the least active children by running or extending school sports clubs and holiday clubs
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run sport competitions
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increase pupils’ participation in the school games
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run sports activities with other schools
Vision:
All pupils leaving primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
Objective:
To achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools.
We would expect indicators of such improvement to include:
The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick-starting healthy active lifestyles
- The profile of PE and sport being 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
Accountability:
Schools are held to account over how they spend their additional, ring-fenced funding. Ofsted have strengthen the coverage of PE and sport within the 'Inspectors’ handbook' and supporting guidance so that both schools and inspectors know how sport and PE is assessed as part of the school’s overall provision.
Schools are also required to include details of their provision of PE and sport on their website, alongside details of their broader curriculum, so that parents can compare sports provision between schools, both within and beyond the school day.
As a school we are delighted with the governments announcement that the sport premium doubled starting in 2017. The government believe the increased funding will enable all pupils to leave primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
Sports Premium 2023-2024
The document below outlines our projected sport premium spend for this academic year including a breakdown across the newly implemented 5 key indicators from the DfE. Anston Park have adopted this template as an effective means of meeting the reporting requirements of the primary P.E and Sport Premium.
Sports Premium Plan 2023 - 2024
Sport Premium Snapshot Review 2023-2024
The document below shows a review of how we spent our sport premium money for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Swimming data for Y6 (2023-2024)
| Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety | Percentage | ||||||||||
| What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? | 63% | ||||||||||
| What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? | 66% | ||||||||||
| What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? | 63% | ||||||||||
Sports Festivals and Competitions
As part of our continuing partnership with Rotherham School Games we are usually able to attend a number of various sports festivals across the school year. All festivals attended are linked to the national initiative run by Sainsburys School Games providing our children with opportunities to progress to compete at local, county and even national levels.
Please see the document below for a list of the sports festivals for this year.
