Sports' Premium Funding

Children will be given access to specific employment industries, with some being in sports and sports science, to learn the finer details of and qualifications necessary to obtain a career in that field. Pupils will be surveyed to identify the careers they are interested in. Pupils will be given the chance to represent the school in sports and to attend various venues for sporting fixtures, some where young leaders can inspire the younger pupils to lead. Links exploited with ENSFC to provide pupils with access to higher quality resources. 

IMPACT

Children will have their aspirations raised regarding a career in sport.

Pupils will identify the skills and qualifications needed for a specific career path they are interested in.

Increased engagement with school and learning.

SUSTAINABILITY

Children are more willing to participate in sport and emulate those pupils who have gone before them. Children are more aware of the opportunities for employment around them and able to plan their future academic or vocational paths in advance within sport or sports' science.

Premier Sports will be providing weekly after school clubs for children, primarily around Multi-Skills, Fitness, Tag-Rugby and Football. These clubs will be heavily subsidised by the PE Premium money. Our after-school club provision will be sport-based and offer sporting activities each day it is open free of charge.

IMPACT

More children accessed after-school club provision at than the previous year.

Access to more obscure sports not in the curriculum have been provided to pupils.

Increased engagement in sporting activities from pupils who rarely participated in them.

Increased access to high quality specialist sports' coaching.

SUSTAINABILITY

Children are engaging in further opportunities provided by the school to develop the social and physical abilities. 

Premier Sports and school staff will be providing an enrichment day each term in more obscure sports. These days will allow every child in the school to try their hand at a new sport free of charge. The children are then given linked routes for each sport to a local club, if their interests are stimulated by the taster sessions or if popularity dictates a club is needed to be established at school. 

IMPACT

Access to high quality sporting experiences was provided to the pupils.

Access enabled to obscure sports not available within the curriculum, which led to new extra-curricular clubs being established for all pupils.

Increased engagement in sporting activities.

SUSTAINABILITY

All pupils get to experience less common sports, which generate interest and opportunity towards something new and stimulate interests in future pursuits.

Premier Sports may host sports' holiday clubs in the February and May/June 2025 half-term holidays to increase access to sport and to improve the fitness of our pupils. 

IMPACT

Improved stamina and fitness.

Increased involvement in sport outside school for those who do not normally do anything active. 

SUSTAINABILITY

Pupils have access to sports even during holidays.

Parents are supported with childcare. 

External specialists will be paid with PE Premium funding to support teachers to develop their skills in areas where subject knowledge can be improved. Premier Sports will also be paid to upskill our staff to ensure improvements to the quality of teaching, for example PE Premium was spent on acquiring training for the After-School Club staff to increase the physical activity on offer to all those pupils attending this wrap-around care provision.  

IMPACT

Improved quality of teaching.

Increased involvement in sporting activities outside of the classroom.

Increased attendance at after-school club due to increased popularity. 

SUSTAINABILITY

Staff have improved sports' knowledge to provide a stronger PE provision for our pupils.

Michelle Bailey has been employed by the school to deliver high quality gymnastics sessions throughout the year to all year groups. Class teachers will work alongside him to learn new skills and improve the teaching of gym. 

IMPACT

Improved gymnastics teaching.

Staff improved their knowledge of the subject.

Improved fitness and well-being levels for pupils.

SUSTAINABILITY

Children are more aware of the need to be physically fit and show an enthusiasm to participate in activity that develops core strength and gross motor skills. 

Stronger resources purchased to enable a wider variety of sporting opportunities to be offered to pupils. Equipment needed to enable after-school clubs, fixtures and sporting lettings to be able to operate all year round.  Physical development resources purchased to improve outdoor areas and provide more challenge in developing pupil abilities in this important strand. 

IMPACT

Improved fitness and well-being.

Increased opportunities to learn new skills.

Ability to offer a wider range of sports with new extra-curricular clubs being established.

Increased uptake in after-school clubs due to increased popularity. 

SUSTAINABILITY

Children have a stronger appreciation for taking part in sport and being fit and healthy through sport.