What is the Sports Premium?
Since the 2012 Olympic Games in London, primary schools have received additional funding from the Government to improve PE and Sport in school. The funding is provided to achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools. The focus of spending must lead to long lasting impact against the vision outlined above that will live on well beyond the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding.
At Eastfield Infant and Nursery School, we strive to deliver the highest quality Physical Education and Sport opportunities for all our children. The Sports Premium funding will enhance the ‘pursuit of excellence in Physical Education and Sport at Eastfield Infant and Nursery School.
We will use the Sports Premium to:
- Further develop and add value to the PE and Sport activities we already offer
- Hire specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with teachers during PE lessons
- Purchase equipment and provide staff training for the development of physical activities during break and lunch times
- Introduce new activities or sports to increase participation
- Develop our Outdoor Learning to allow the children to spend more time being active
- Provide existing staff with training or resources to raise standards of teaching and learning in PE and sport
- Support the funding of external sports clubs for disadvantaged pupils
During the Academic Year 2023-2024 Eastfield was awarded £17,060.
Impact and how this will be evaluated:
For this current academic year 2024-2025, Eastfield will be using our funding in a range of ways. One of the main impacts will be ensuring that our PE lessons are well structured and thought-out to enable all children to make clear progression, embed and develop key skills and be able to understand and use language and vocabulary linked to the skills they are learning. Impactful assessment will play an important role in this, with staff receiving training on assessment and using the new assessment tools.
Another area we will be developing is the range of activities and support that are available to the children at breaktimes and lunchtimes. These are additional important times in which the children can be engaged in physical activities that build a range of other skills including communication and inter-personal skills. We will use the funding to provide the staff training to be able to run a range of games and activities, along with the resources they will need to provide them.
Funding will be used to help ensure as many children as possible can be physically active, take part in, experience and develop their skills in a range of sports opportunities. This will include setting up additional clubs where children can develop their leadership skills and learn how to support their peers in developing their knowledge and skills.
As a school, we understand how ‘Healthy Lifestyles’ incorporates both physical and mental health and well-being. This year’s spending will include ways to support the children’s understanding of Healthy Lifestyles. The PE lead will work alongside other key members of staff including the mental health lead and the D&T lead to support and embed learning opportunities which promote healthy lifestyles.
We will work with our sports coaches to further develop engaging and enriching lessons that promote physical and mental health. Staff will work alongside the coaches to build staff’s own subject knowledge in how to deepen the children’s understanding of PE. This continuous professional development will allow the sports premium funding to have a long-lasting impact on our PE curriculum.
For a break-down of the spending and an evaluation of how this impacted on our PE lessons, please click on the link below:
School Sport Premium Development Plan 2017-18
School Sport Premium Development Plan 2018-19