PE and Sport Premium Funding
Primary School Physical Education (PE) and Sport Premium
The Secretary of State for Education continues to provide funding to improve the provision of Physical Education (PE) and sport in primary schools for academic year 2023-2024. This funding is being jointly provided by the Department for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and it must be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport, to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.
Ofsted assesses how primary schools use the primary PE and sport premium. They measure its impact on pupil outcomes, and how effectively governors hold school leaders to account for this. Schools therefore have to ensure that they can identify the impact that the funding has made towards enhancing participation rates in PE and sport, encouraging healthy, active lifestyles and helping children reach the performance levels that they are capable of. Schools will have the freedom to choose how they wish to use their money.
All schools with 17 or more pupils receive £16,000 plus £10 per pupil
Total number of pupils on roll (Y1-Y6) = 88
Total amount of sports funding allocated = £16,880
Impact Statement – July 2024
We are proud of the PE curriculum and sporting opportunities that we have on offer at Tushingham Primary School, which aim to inspire and motivate all children to become physically confident and know the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Our core Christian values of respect, compassion, generosity, forgiveness and perseverance, are taught and promoted as a golden thread throughout our PE curriculum. Our aim is that our children apply these values to their wider life experiences, contributing to the development of the whole child.
Children have access to at least two hours of high-quality PE teaching each week. They have active lunchtime activities planned for them and they have access to many sporting competitions. Other active opportunities, such as extra swimming sessions, tennis coaching, Bikeability and sponsored sporting events all form part of our enhanced curriculum to inspire and motivate our children to try a wider and more diverse range of sports and healthy activities. This year, our STEM week was based around ‘The Olympics’ and children learnt about keeping their bodies healthy through exercise and diet.
The sport premium funding has helped to develop the children’s confidence, skills and enjoyment of sports. The Year 5 buddy training at the end of each academic year prepares the children with the skills and confidence to lead lunch time play sessions for other children throughout each following year. More children are now keeping active and healthy at lunch times. Staff confidence has also increased as a direct result of our PE CPD sessions, which ensures sustainability.
We strive hard to give all children opportunities to apply their skills in competitive situations, either within teams or individually, ensuring that we remain competitive and inclusive. Children from year 1 to year 6 now represent the school in a wide variety of sporting events including multi-skills, football, athletics, rounders, hockey, tag rugby, swimming, cricket, basketball and netball. We now have a strong uptake towards our competitive events, and as a result, we have been able to enter two teams to many competitions. Pleasingly, many of our children have been inspired by their sporting experiences at school and are now regularly taking part in extra-curricular sports. We ensure that we not only celebrate in-school achievements, but also promote and encourage out-of-school sporting opportunities
