Sports Premium
Background
The Government has provided annual funding of £150 million to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding in order to improve the provision of physical education and sport in primary schools. This funding has been jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and the money goes directly to schools to be spent on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. All state-maintained schools, academies, middle schools, special schools and pupil referral units which have primary aged pupils (as reported in the 2013 school census) are receiving this funding.
This funding has been ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on the provision for PE and sport in schools. We are now held accountable for how we use the additional funding to support pupils’ progress and participation in PE and school sport. We are required to publish on-line information about how we have used the additional funding, including details about our sporting provision alongside curriculum details. This has ensured that parents/carers and others are made fully aware of the PE and sporting provision at Greenway.
Allocation
All schools with 17 or more primary-aged pupils will receive a lump sum of £16000 plus a premium of £10 per pupil.
How will we be spending the Sports Premium funding
Our rationale for the use of Sports Premium funding is that it must be used so that:
- all children benefit regardless of sporting ability
- the most able children are given the opportunity to compete in tournaments with other schools
- staff have access to training opportunities and continued professional development
- we make use of collaborative and partnership working
With the above rationale in mind, and following the guidelines for how to spend this money, our initial plan for the use of the Sports Premium funding included:
- investment in the professional development of staff at our school so they are best equipped to teach high quality Physical Education and school sport for years to come. This will include providing cover to release staff for professional development in PE and sport.
- continued membership of the Dacorum School Sport Network.
- increasing the amount of competitive sport in which our children participate – running sport competitions, and increasing pupils’ participation in inter and intra school competitions.
- continuing to take part in local sports competitions/events organised by Dacorum School Sports Network.
- hiring qualified sports coaches to work alongside staff for PE modules e.g. outdoor and adventurous activities.
- making links to other community sports providers – encouraging pupils to join out of school sports clubs.
- encouraging our children to improve their leadership skills through sport – through sports leader initiative.
- inviting sports providers into the school to inspire our children.
Below are the action plans which show how the funding has been spent and the impact it has had.
Impact
We will evaluate the impact of the Sports Premium funding as part of our normal self-evaluation. We will look at how well we use our Sport Premium to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sporting provision, including increasing participation in PE and sport so that all pupils develop healthy lifestyles and reach the performance levels they are capable of.
Measuring the impact of the activities provided with sports premium funding can be achieved in different ways. We will look at progress in PE as well as other areas of development such as self-esteem, confidence and the numbers of pupils involved in sporting activities in and out of school. We will also evaluate the impact of professional development opportunities in improving teaching and learning in PE.
2022/2023 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2022/2023
2021/2022 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2021/2022
2020/2021 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2020/2021
2019/2020 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2019/2020
2018/2019 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2018/2019
2017/2018 Summary
Summary of Sports Premium spending 2017/2018
Sports survey
Below are the findings of the Sports Survey that was carried out by you as parents and what we have done in response to the findings.
