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 2022,
- 89% of Year 6 children could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- 84% of Year 6 children could use a range of strokes effectively
- 84% of Year 6 children could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Summer/Autumn/Spring 2021/22
Allocated funding = £17,613, plus carry forward from 2020-21 of £23,950 = £41,563
| Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity | Percentage of total allocation: 63% | |||
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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 taking part in daily mile has been inconsistently used. Children more alert after running the mile. | Continuation of daily mile. Find a more regular slot for all classes to take part. |
| Team Building activities and well-being days for all children. | Day for each class at Weardale Adventure Centre. | £1,300 | Children began the year in good spirits. Team building activities. | Invite people to visit school next year. |
| Additional swimming session for KS2 pupils. | Buy additional swimming session to ensure increase in pupils achieving end of KS2 expectations in swimming hindered by Covid-19 | £3,183 | Significant increase in proportion of children achieving end of KS expectations in swimming compared to 2020/21. | Continue additional swimming sessions for Year 6 pupils Autumn 2022. |
| Playground markings to be remarked to support playtime activity and PE lessons. | Markings faded and need redoing. Markings can be used to further enhance PE lessons and playground games. | £5,975.34 | Helped with PE lessons use of lines. Children playing different games on the yard. | Continue to use lines for PE lessons. Train lunch time supervisors on the use of playground markings to encourage activity at lunchtimes. |
| Development of gross motor skills and fundamental movement skills for EYFS children. | Purchase equipment to support the development of gross motor skills and fundamental movement skills. | New equipment for EYFS - £14,689.75 | New equipment to be installed October 2022. | Climbing frames to continue to be used regularly in school during curriculum time for EYFS children to continue to develop gross motor skills. |
| Development of gross motor skills in KS1 due to limited development during Covid-19. | Purchase of equipment to support gross motor skills in KS1. | £1025.84 | Climbing frame repaired and now in regular use throughout the school. | Climbing frames to continue to be used regularly in school during curriculum time for EYFS and KS1 children to continue to develop gross motor skills. |
| 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: 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: |
| 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 taking ownership and responsibility for their own activity levels and others. Children able to lead activities when other schools visit. | Restart Healthy Sport Action Group now restrictions are relaxed. |
| 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) | More children taking part in events but not as many events attended as we would have liked due to staffing issues. Y5/6 Girls’ Cricket (9 pupils) Bishop Auckland Dash (16 pupils) Y5 Multi Skills Festival (21 pupils) Year 4 Cricket Festival (32 pupils) Commonwealth Friendship Games (16 pupils) | Signed up to Education Enterprise SLA. Sporting events to be scheduled at the beginning of the year allowing better organisation of staffing/ volunteers to attend events. |
| Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport | Percentage of total allocation: 7% | |||
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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 plus Supply £1500 | Continued development in areas such as invasion games and dance. | Teachers to work with coaches from Education Enterprise to develop skills whilst working alongside. |
| PE lead to observe and monitor teachers teaching PE (development of PE lead alongside LA PE EDP) | Supply teachers to cover PE leads class while he observes PE taught in school. | £600 | Teachers planning monitored and feedback given. Planning improved. Discussions with staff about how things should be taught. | Teachers to work with coaches from Education Enterprise. |
| Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils | Percentage of total allocation: 14% | |||
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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. | £2237 | After school clubs offered (martial arts, dance, invasion games), Friendship Games (variety of different sports). | Continue to run after school clubs of different sports. |
| 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) | £351 | Allowed children access to different sporting experiences. | To continue next year. |
| After school clubs run by outside sources. Clubs such as martial arts and dance subsidised to offer to children to raised awareness of different sporting opportunities. | John King Sports Coaches to lead after school clubs. | £3069 | Clubs had at least 20 pupils per session. | To continue next year. |
| Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport | Percentage of total allocation: 12% | |||
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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 | Mixed Y6 team took part in CVL league as well as Y5/6 girls’ team. | Continue in CVL next year. 3 leagues of different sports to be added next year with Education Enterprise. |
| 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) | Children able to attend sporting events. | Continue to budget money to attend events – particularly bare in mind increased transport costs due to rising fuel prices. |
