PE & Sports Premium
What is the Sports Premium?
The government is spending money on physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools and have extended this. The funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.
Each school will receive £16,000 plus an extra £5.00 per pupil each year.
Purpose of the Funding
Schools can spend the sports funding on improving their provision of PE and sport; there is freedom to choose how to spend it. At Elham Church of England Primary School we recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of the children. In addition, we believe that a varied PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the attitudes and academic achievements of the children.
| Use | Intended Impact | 2021/2022 | Next Review |
Funding PE Subject leader to provide peer coaching support to class teachers | Increase teacher confidence and skill in teaching PE Improve the quality of PE lessons | £7000 | September 2022 |
Membership of Shepway School Games organisation | Participation in a range of interschool sports events both inside and outside of the school day for KS1 and KS2 | £750 | September 2022 |
| Purchasing PE/sports equipment | Better quality/range of equipment results Upgrading and adding to our apparatus and play equipment on the school field. | £8000 | September 2022 |
| Staff training | Strengthen skills of staff in EYFS, KS1 | £150 | September 2022 |
| Transport to events | To travel from school to events and vice versa as we are a rural school | £2000 | September 2022 |
| All children to experience a course of lessons at Forest School | Increase in overall well-being. Focus on independence. | £4000 | September 202 |
Swimming competence
100% of our year 6 children could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres at the end of July 2019.
95% of our year 6 children could use a range of strokes effectively at the end of July 2019.
85% of our year 6 children could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations at the end of July 2019.
During the pandemic, we have been unable to take our children to the facility that we use, so swimming lessons have not taken place. We will continue to monitor the situation and lessons will return as soon as possible.