Sports Premium
Sports Premium Action Plan
PE and Sports Premium at the Dukes
The government is providing additional funding of 150 million per annum from the academic year, 2013, to improve provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools and to help them develop healthy lifestyles. This funding – provided jointly by the Department for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport – is allocated to primary schools. It is ring-fenced funding, and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools. Alongside the funding for the PE and sport premium, breakfast clubs and universal infant free school meals, it represents over £1.3 billion investment in the 2018 to 2019 academic year to help young people live healthier lifestyles. This builds on wider government work such as the recent sports strategy.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said:
“Schools can really help our children get a healthy start in life from exercise and sport, and also from knowing what a healthy diet means. It’s not only good for them while they’re in education, but the health and well-being benefits can last a lifetime.”
“That’s why we’re investing £415 million in facilities to support sports, after-school activities and promoting healthy eating, so we can secure the future health of our young people”.
Inspecting primary school PE and school sport: funding
Background
1. In April 2013, the Government announced new funding of 150 million for physical education (PE) and sport. This funding should be used to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport provision.
2. Funding will be allocated to all maintained and state-funded schools with primary phase pupils, including: primary, middle, special and non-maintained special schools, academies and pupil referral units from 1 September 2013. A typical primary school will receive about 9,250 annually in the academic years 2013/14 and 2014/15.
3. Schools are free to determine how best to use this funding to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport provision, including increasing participation in PE and sport so that all pupils develop healthy lifestyles and reach the performance levels they are capable of.
Section 5 inspections of maintained schools and academies with primary-aged pupils
4. From 1 September 2013, inspectors will assess and report on how effectively this new funding is being used to improve PE and sport provision when making the judgement on the quality of the schools leadership and management.
PE and Sport at the Dukes
Our vision for PE and Sport:
Through PE and Sport we want to inspire the children to participate in and enjoy physical activity and to recognise the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle.
We are very proud of the many sporting opportunities that we provide for all the children at the Duke of Norfolk School so we thought you would like to see just what the children do in PE lessons, in after-school clubs, in local competitions and during other events relating to sport.
Funding
As part of the government drive to encourage children to be more active every school is granted money through the Sport Premium Scheme. As a large primary school we now get £16000 + an additional payment of £10 per child. From this money we pay towards the salaries of our coach, Mr English and our Forest School teacher, Mr Ellison, we buy new equipment, pay into the Glossop schools cluster scheme which offers staff training, competitions, Bikeability for the children, extra coaching sessions, activity days and use of facilities off site. All these elements go towards enhancing the quality of PE in our school and help the children to see the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Being able to enter competitions and attend sporting events in other schools and venues is important for the children as they represent their school whilst at the same time experiencing new sporting challenges.
P.E Lessons
The children have two P.E lessons a week and these are taught either by the class teacher or by a qualified coach, Mr English. The class teachers teach gymnastics, dance and a range of games skills and activities and Mr English teaches a range of skills and sports which are appropriately matched to the children’s ages. For example; the reception and Year 1 children have been having multi-skills and games sessions where they have learnt some important skills as well as having lots of fun and the Year 5 and 6 children have been taught how to play sports like hockey, rugby and basketball, so all the children really enjoy taking part in a different form of physical activity.
Swimming
Meeting National Curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety (2021 – 2022)
| What percentage of Year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres when they left our school? | 86% |
| What percentage of Year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes effectively when they left our school? | 86% |
| What percentage of Year 6 pupils could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations when they left our primary school? | 86% |
| 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. | No |
After-School Clubs
We try to cater for the majority of children with our range of after-school clubs which are run by Mr English.
The clubs run throughout the year and he does a different sport for a different age-range each half term.
Inter–school Competitions
We enter a wide range of competitions throughout the year and these can include:
Boys’ and girls’ football league matches at the astro-turf at Glossopdale.
Netball, cricket, rounders and tag rugby tournaments.
2 Athletics competitions - one indoor athletics and quad kids.
Gymnastics competitions at the leisure centre for year 3/4 and Year 5/6 children.
2 swimming galas – one for competent swimmers and one called ‘Aqua Splash’ which is for the less confident.
We usually do very well in these competitions and try to give as many children as possible the opportunity to take part and represent their school.
Other Events
We attend many activities which are run by the local secondary school, for example; Key Stage 1 multi-sports days, a Summer Sports Festival for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 dance days which are all held at Glossopdale. In order to access these opportunities we pay into a Glossopdale schools cluster fund which covers the cost of staff, facilities and equipment used on those days.
A different class also attends swimming lessons at Glossop pool each term.
We also have inter-house competitions when the children take part in a range of sports; including rounders, team games and football, and they can earn extra points for their houses and we also have a great sports day in which all the children take part.
Additionally our older children are given the opportunity to pursue Outdoor and Adventurous activities during the annual residential visit to Robin Wood and the children also undertake ‘Bikeability’ training which equips the children with the skills needed to ride their bikes safely. We have also had Little Bikers sessions for all our reception children and this was a great success and something we will be running again.
All the children in school take part in termly Forest School sessions which are classed as Outdoor and Adventurous activities.
Finally we always enter a team of up to 90 children in the annual Glossop Jog on a Sunday morning in October and our children raise amazing amounts of money for the designated charities whilst keeping fit and having fun!
We are sure you will agree that we are providing many opportunities for all our children to take part in a wide range of sporting activities as we strive to show them the importance of keeping healthy and active.
P.E Lead: Mr J. English