PE & Sports Premium

What is the Sports Premium?

Schools have a central role to play in supporting all children and young people to live healthy active lives. This is particularly true of primary school where the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity should be established.

Crucial to achieving this is ensuring that pupils have access to at least 30 minutes of physical activity during the school day, alongside high-quality PE provision taught by confident and knowledgeable teachers and opportunities to experience and participate in a wide range of sports and physical activities. The PE and sport premium grant funding should be used by schools towards these aims.

Schools must use the funding to develop or add to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide, as well as make additional and sustainable improvements, following the 5 key indicators:

Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
Broader experience of a range of sports and physical activities offered to all pupils
Increased participation in competitive sport

Possible uses for the funding might include:

Providing staff with professional development, mentoring, appropriate training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively to all pupils and embed physical activity across your school.
Embedding physical activity into the school day through encouraging active travel to and from school, active break times and holding active lessons and teaching.
Providing targeted activities or support to involve and encourage the least active children.
Raising attainment in primary school swimming to meet requirements of the national curriculum before the end of Key Stage 2.

How are Handcross Primary School using the PE and Sports Premium funding?

In the academic year 2023-24, we were allocated £17,750 by the government's PE and Sports Premium funding.

This year, we plan to spend the funding on the following areas:

To fund staff for Keep Fit at lunchtimes which contributes towards children's 60 active daily minutes.
To continue our Mid Sussex Active membership which offers CPD for all staff.
As part of Mid Sussex Active, to partake in 'festivals' and competitions with other local schools.
To review our membership of Complete PE, an online resource used to support the planning and teaching of PE for teachers.
To subsidise the cost of the Outdoor and Adventurous Activities (OAA) trip to Deers Leap for all Year 3 and 4 in the summer term.
To provide 'catch-up' swimming sessions in the summer term for Year 5 and 6 children who have not yet achieved the National Curriculum aims.
To run an Active Club for Year 4 and 5 children who are less active/more reluctant and would benefit from additional opportunities to develop their skills and activity.
To fund TAs to run extra-curricular after-school clubs for children, such as netball club.
To enable all Year 4 children (and some Year 6 children as helpers) to attend at least five sessions of Forest School lead by our two Forest School-qualified members of staff.
Resurfacing of the Early Year's outdoor learning area (wet pour).
To organise and offer extra-curricular sports days/events, such as JOLF (Junior Golf) and a mobile climbing wall.
To purchase new play and sports equipment.