PE & Sport Premium
PE and Sports Premium
The Government is continuing to provide funding of £320 million per annum for the academic year 2024/2025. This funding will be directly allocated to primary school head teachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children.
The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools. OFSTED will play a significant role in ensuring that schools target this funding in areas which will lead to clear outcomes in raising standards and opportunities in PE and school sport for all children throughout the Primary Phase.
Amount for Academic Year
At Preston Grange, this will be calculated at £16,000 plus £10 per pupil for 2024/2025.
Breakdown of Spend
Please see the PE funding plan below.
Effect on participation and attainment
We track participation in all extra-curricular activities which enables us to identify children who are making active and healthy choices. By analysing this data at regular intervals throughout the year we can target children who are not making active choices, open a dialogue with them about the benefits of sport and activity and find ways to engage them in active and healthy choices.
Ensuring Sustainable Improvement
A large proportion of our spend has been dedicated to improving the subject knowledge of staff delivering PE lessons and redesigning the PE curriculum ensuring that the benefits from the funding carry through into subsequent years. Encouraging healthy, active lifestyles is a vital part of our role as teachers and educators. It is not solely a PE and Sport issue, but one that filters through all aspects of school life at Preston Grange Primary. Every member of staff is aware of the benefits and impact that a healthy and active lifestyle can give. We have a robust tracking system in place to monitor children’s activity levels. Data is shared with all staff ensuring a collective responsibility for promoting healthy and active lifestyles. We are then able to identify, target and provide opportunities for children who are not making active choices independently.
Swimming
Children attend swimming lessons in Year 5 Spring term, Year 4 Autumn term and Year 6 Summer term. Lessons are delivered by staff at Tynemouth Swimming Pool.
Please find details of our swimming offer in our Swimming Policy which is found on our Policy page:
https://www.pgps.co.uk/website/policies/684809
End of Year 4 block of swimming (current Year 6 2023-2024)
66% of children can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over 25m and have achieved the further distance of 50m.