Purpose of Funding
Schools have to spend their School Sports Grant funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possible uses for funding include, but are not limited to:
- Hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside classroom teachers when delivering PE.
- New or additional Change 4 Life sports and activity clubs.
- Paying for staff professional development opportunities in PE/sport
- Paying for cover for staff to take part in professional development opportunities linked to PE/sport.
- Running sporting competitions or increasing participation in the School Games.
- Providing places for pupils on after school sports clubs or holiday clubs.
- Buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport.
- Purchasing equipment to enhance provision in PE / sport.
At Wolsingham Primary School, we strive to promote healthy and active lifestyles and aim to provide sporting opportunities for all our pupils.
In 2021,
- 77% of Year 6 children could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- 69% of Year 6 children could use a range of strokes effectively
- 51% of Year 6 children could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Summer/Autumn/Spring 2020/21
Allocated funding = £18,000, plus carry forward from 2019-20 of £15,357 = £33,357
| Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity | Percentage of total allocation: 23.5% | |||
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| School focus with clarity on intended impact on pupils: | Actions to achieve: | Funding allocated: | Evidence and impact: | Sustainability and suggested next steps: |
| Continuation of Daily Mile for ALL children in school, including all EYFS children. | Development of events to encourage daily mile. | £0 | Children completed the daily mile each day with different classes having different allocated times. | Setting the children targets within the classroom to maintain interest. Continue running it in classes rather than whole school to allow children space to run. Class competitions. |
| Replenish and update PE resources. | Update gymnastics resources. Look at new resources needed to support the teaching and learning of some sports, e.g. badminton. | £7,826.74 | Gymnastics mats helped improve gymnastics involvement and enthusiasm for gymnastics in both pupils and children. New sporting equipment bought refreshing the old broken equipment, again increasing participation in sports from children e.g. after school clubs and playground activities. | Gymnastics CPD for staff to show how to use the equipment. |
| Key Indicator 2: The profile of PE and sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement | Percentage of total allocation: 5.2% | |||
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| School focus with clarity on intended impact on pupils: | Actions to achieve: | Funding allocated: | Evidence and Impact | Sustainability and suggested next steps: |
| Pupil Voice- our Healthy Action Group within school meets regularly to discuss PE, School sport and healthy life styles. | Children assigned roles within the action group. Children from Years 1-6 to form our action group. | £0 | Children took part in questionnaires based on after school clubs and their favourite sports in PE. This helped PE co-ordinator realise which sports needed their profile raising. Chn could not meet in groups due to COVID-19. OAA was an area that needed profile raising. TA completed Middle Leader Course to specifically raise the profile of OAA. Done so successfully with CPD. | Continue with Sports Crew next year allowing children to plan events. |
| Premier League Football competition at lunch time during Summer term for children in Years 1 - 6. | Yr5/6 members of the Healthy Action group used as referees and officials during the matches. | £0 | Unable to do so because of COVID-19 | Continue this in 2021/22 |
| Increase in the number of classes / pupils accessing organised festivals and competitions. | PE Lead to work with cluster schools when deciding festival programme. PE Lead to produce a register of attendance at competitions and festivals ensuring a greater number of children have the opportunity to participate. | £1750 (including transport to festivals) | KS2 attended Parkside festival. Festivals will start again next year but due to COVID-19 did not go ahead this year. | Attend more festivals in 2021/22 making sure each child attends at least 1. |
| Continue to develop intra-house sporting events. | Half termly sporting events incorporating a range of sports adding to Colour Team competition. | £0 | Whole school sports day only event that took place due to COVID-19. | Continue with intra-house events next year. |
| Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport | Percentage of total allocation: 11.9% | |||
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| School focus with clarity on intended impact on pupils: | Actions to achieve: | Funding allocated: | Evidence and impact: | Sustainability and suggested next steps: |
| Ensure staff have necessary training to deliver the curriculum effectively. Focus on whole school gymnastics and OAA training. | PE leads to organise whole school training for all staff. Staff to feel more confident deliver all aspects of the PE curriculum. | £1000 | All staff took part in a training course delivered by K. Stephenson in a different strand of PE before uploading materials to 365 for others to use. Staff feedback to others to help improve these areas. | Discussions with staff about areas of PE they feel weaker at and provide CPD for them. Opportunities for staff CPD led by PE co-ordinator. |
| Staff to train as a coach in specific Staff further develop coaching skills linked to specific sports and pupils benefit from specialist teaching. | Staff to attend their chosen coaching course then lead on that sport with an after school club or intra school event. | £1,500 | ||
| Specialist coaches to come into school to coach classes. Each class to have opportunity to work alongside a coach to help further develop their skills. | £480 | Darren Brown All Star cricket at beginning of academic year. Y3 and Y5 took part. | Staff to use the skills working alongside Darren to help teach Striking and Fielding in Games. | |
| Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils | Percentage of total allocation: 6.4% | |||
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| School focus with clarity on intended impact on pupils: | Actions to achieve: | Funding allocated: | Evidence and impact: | Sustainability and suggested next steps: |
| Raise awareness and provide experience of new sports and physical activities provided for all children. | PE leads to plan 2 new sport experiences (for the whole school), with links to community clubs. Continue yoga sessions in curriculum time and as an afterschool club. | £1500 £3700 (37 weeks at £100 per week) | New equipment purchased (badminton and volleyball) for after school clubs and PE net and wall activities. See below also. | Continue to raise awareness of clubs around the area. Work closely with clubs in order to provide children with opportunities to join. |
| Every class to attend a sporting experience outside of school e.g. Spennymoor Pink Gymnastics Gym, Rock Climbing etc. | Every half term a different class from Y1-6 to attend a sporting experience. (Will depend on COVID-19 closures) | £651 | Y4 and 5 attended Durham Rock Climbing Centre for an experience day. R-Y6 (not Y4) attended a Thrills and Skills for Life team building afternoon in school. | Continue to provide experience days for classes. |
| Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport | Percentage of total allocation: 14.5% | |||
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| School focus with clarity on intended impact on pupils: | Actions to achieve: | Funding allocated: | Evidence and impact: | Sustainability and suggested next steps: |
| Funding of fees for CVL leagues | School to participate in local CVL football events. | £100 | Did not go ahead due to COVID-19. | To take part next year. |
| Funding of transport to allow as many children as possible to attend as many different sports competitions as possible. | Attend most competitions provided through School Games and local organisations. PE Lead to monitor attendance and provide opportunity, where possible, for more than 1 team to represent the school. | £4750 (15 competitions in the year @ £250 per bus and x4 finals buses @ £250 each) Actual spend £305 | Many events did not go ahead due to COVID-19. | Allocate money for transport to sporting events next year. |
