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Sports Premium

Please read the attachments and information below which gives details of our PE and Sport Premium Grant for the academic year 2024-2025 and how we allocate the funding.

SPORTS PREMIUM 2025-2026

Vision: ALL pupils leaving primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active 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. 

 

Key Indicators:

  • Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport

  • 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

  • Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils

  • Increased participation in competitive sport

 

Key achievements to date until July 2025Areas for further improvement and baseline of evidence of need  

Embedded curriculum including fit spurts throughout the week with increased staff confidence

Physical activities led by Sports’ Leaders, C4L Champions and Girls’ Football Activators during unstructured times to raise the profile of PESSPA and keep more pupils active 

All year groups were given more varied opportunities to take part in competitive sports through an extensive range of events and extracurricular activities

New competitive sports days for individual year groups with increased parental engagement

The school maintained the Platinum Sportsmark

Continue to improve all pupils’ physical activity levels throughout the school day and after school

Further raise the profile of Sports’ Leaders, C4L Champions and Girls’ Football Activators at unstructured times

Ensure the outdoor areas are used to increase active learning

Continue to vary the range of physical activities on offer to encourage more pupils to access extracurricular provision

Use of a sports coach to target a different groups including less active pupils, and to raise the profile of cricket in KS2 with weekly training

Work towards KS1 Sportsmark                                         

 

Academic Year: 2025-2026

Total amount carried forward from 2024-2025: £3,257

Total Fund Allocated for 2025-2026: £21,360

Total to be spent by 31st July 2026: £24,617

Last Updated:  September 2025

 

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?

45% (based on figures from Y4 lessons)

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?

58% (based on Y4 lessons)

 

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?

99% (based on Y4 lessons)

Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and Sport Premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way?

No

 

Key Indicator 1: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching of PE and sport (21% of allocation)

Intent

School Focus

Implementation

Actions to Achieve

Funding

£5122

Sustainability
All teaching of PE to be good or better which will impact upon pupils’ enjoyment and engagement in sports.

Audit of staff confidence in teaching different aspects of PE

Use of sports coach to support teachers’ development 

Use of Forge staff and PE leaders for curriculum support where appropriate


 

Forge £1320*

CPD £500

GetSet4PE £1490

Release £1394*

Misc £418*

Competency survey for staff 

Monitoring of lessons 

Sustainable through Theme Team’s budget in terms of SoW

Our own staff ‘specialists’ to deliver future CPD 

 

 

Key Indicator 2: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity - Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that primary school pupils undertake at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day in school (11% of allocation)

Intent

School Focus

Implementation

Actions to Achieve

Funding

£2782

Sustainability

Helping all pupils engage in regular physical activity throughout the school day.

Improvement in children’s overall fitness and health by giving all pupils more 

access to learning outdoors. 

Encouraging all pupils to take part in a physical extracurricular activity.

Encouraging all pupils to be active outside of school.

Identify and train new C4L Champions and Girls’ Football Activators for lunch time activities

Identify and train new Sports Leaders in each year group for PE lessons and structured lunchtime activities

Use of fitspurts throughout the week

Regular advertising of clubs/events outside of school via the newsletter

Use of ActivAll boards at Breakfast Club, lunchtime and for after-school club  

PE display noticeboard celebrating pupils’ sporting achievements outside of school

Forge £1320*

Tabards £150

Sp Leader t-shirts £250

Equipment £500*

Water bottles £144

Misc £418*

Regular monitoring of outdoor learning, C4L Champions, sports leaders and football activators 

Monitoring of the number of pupils attending an extra-

curricular club.

Initial investments made for infrastructure of outdoor learning areas so these are sustainable going forward.

 

Key Indicator 3: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement (9% of allocation)

Intent 

School Focus

Implementation

Actions to Achieve

Funding

£2238

Sustainability

Development of pupils’ love of sport, physical activity and outdoor learning.

Improvement in children’s overall fitness.

Embed the use of Sports’ 

Leaders in each year group as a specific pupil responsibility during PE lessons. 

Embed the use of C4L Champions, Sports Leaders and Girls’ Football Activators during lunchtimes. 

Improving physical activity across the curriculum.

Use of ‘fit spurts’ over the week

Celebrate achievements with social media and noticeboard in main hall

Train new C4L Champions, Sports Leaders and Girls’ Football Activators

Assemblies with sporting themes run by outside providers

Targeted sports coach for less active pupils


 

Forge £1320*

Equipment £500*

Misc £418*

Pupil Voice re love of sports and physical activity.

Theme Team to focus on improving physical activity and outdoor learning across the curriculum. 

 

Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils (32% of allocation)

Intent 

School Focus

Implementation

Actions to Achieve

    Funding        £7882        

Sustainability
Creation of further opportunities for all pupils to experience different sports/activities through PE lessons, enrichment activities and extracurricular clubs.

Select a more varied range of after-school clubs from SSP and staff running clubs

Purchase resources to facilitate different sporting activities

Forge £1320*

Bikeability £1500

Equip £500*

Festivals £500*

Coaches £2250*

Release £1394*

Misc £418*     

Monitor participation and enjoyment.

Staff ‘specialists’ to run clubs with time in lieu given; third of the cost of buying in external experts.

 

Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sports (27% of allocation)

Intent 

School Focus

Implementation

Actions to Achieve

 Funding  

£6592

Sustainability

Increase in the number of opportunities for pupils to compete against each other and against pupils in other schools.

Provide more competitions during PE lessons to enable all pupils to participate.

Participate in competitions/festivals/tournaments in the locality

Run intra and virtual competitions within year groups every half term with the final PE lesson being dedicated to this

Continued participation in competitions for our boys’ and girls’ football teams

Daily ActivAll tournament in Breakfast Club

Year group competitive sports days in summer term

Forge £1320*

Festivals £500*

Coaches £2250*

Release £1394*

Sports day £100

SFSS £110

Equipment £500*

Misc £418*

Pupil voice about participation in events.

Increase in virtual competitions means no future costs for release or coaches, making competitive sports more sustainable.

* denotes funding spread across more than one indicator

INDICATORACTUAL IMPACT ON PUPILS' OUTCOMES 2025-206

Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching of PE and sport.

Autumn 1 - PESSPA Leader attended the FSSP Sports Conference, with a focus on encouraging girls’ participation in PE, networking and sharing good practice for teaching swimming. This resulted in the sports coach running weekly afternoon sessions for the more able and female cricketers in KS2 throughout the first half term.  Teachers were asked for feedback on fitspurts which showed some support was required in terms of ways to incorporate the sessions into a very tight weekly timetable.  Staff voice on the delivery PE showed confidence in delivery of each year groups’ units.

The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity - Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that primary school pupils undertake at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day in school.

Autumn 1 - new Sports Leaders and Change 4 Life Champions were selected by class teachers and received training from Forge SSP at the beginning of the academic year. They have since been supporting pupils to keep active during lunchtimes each day.  The Girls’ Football Activators were rebranded as Girls’ Sports Activators and are running a different sporting activity each half term, based on pupil voice.  Zones in the playgrounds allowed pupils to engage in a range of different physical activities, such as skipping, ActivAll Boards and cycling on balance bikes. Fitspurts continued throughout the week, giving the pupils short sharp bursts of physical activity within the school day.  Y1 pupils had access to weekly Forest School activities, promoting more active learning in the outdoors.

The profile of PESSPA being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement.Autumn 1 - PESSPA Leader has reviewed the toolkit and identified a need to focus on girls and pupils with SEND in sport.  She has also researched the criteria for the KS1 Sportsmark and has put an action in place to achieve this, including extending sports leaders into Y1 and Y2.  Pupils took part in the Koboca National Physical Activity and Wellbeing Survey which has helped identify those in need of targeted support and gain a good insight into activity levels. The school registered as a Parkrun School and has celebrated associated pupils’ achievements on social media. Various external PA activity opportunities have been advertised via the weekly newsletter.
Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils. Autumn 1 - the school registered for Parkrun and advertised this via the weekly newsletter.  Staff ran weekly after-school clubs for a range of sporting activities including Y2 ball games, Y4 cricket, Y5/6 snooker and Y5/6 girls netball. In addition to this, the Forge sports coach ran a Y3 football club, as well as weekly afternoon cricket for the more able pupils in KS2. Pupils’ feedback showed they had improved their cricket skills and enjoyed the sessions.
Increased participation in competitive sports.

Autumn 1 - the school signed up again this year to the

Federation for School Sports to enable pupils to take part in a range of football tournaments.  A number of competitions and festivals were attended, including a KS2 teambuilding challenge, which the children thoroughly enjoyed and demonstrated excellent teamwork.  In the Y5/6 tag rugby competition, the pupils won four out of six of their games and in the Y5/6 dodgeball competitions, they won the majority of their games. The ActivAll Challenge also runs every morning during Breakfast Club, with a rolling leader board in place for the different category of games.  Y6 pupils also attended a football fixture at Woodhouse West, in which they won one game, drew one and lost one. 

 

SUSTAINABILITY

 

  • Allocation and impact of the Sports Premium is monitored closely by Governors in the Curriculum and Standards Committee each term to ensure that the improvements are sustainable.
  • Staff are regularly audited with regards to their teaching skills in PE and CPD is then organised to ensure that there is a good quality of provision.
  • Pupils are interviewed regularly for their views on sport, both in the curriculum and outside of school.
  • The school continues to ensure they maintain the School Sports Platinum Mark each year.
  • Each key indicator above includes information regarding sustainability measures. 
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