PE and Sports Grant
The Government is providing ‘new, substantial primary school sport funding’ to the value of £150 million per annum. This 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 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 within schools.
Who is eligible?
Funding for schools will be calculated by the number of primary-aged pupils (between the ages of 5 and 11) as at the annual schools census.
All schools with 17 or more primary-aged pupils will receive a lump sum of £16000.
How will the funding be spent in 2017/2018 – see attached document for expenditure overview.
Schools will have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.
At Lingfield Primary School we are using the funding to support the teaching of PE, lunchtime and after school provision and for competitive sport. In the last financial year (2016/2017) Lingfield spent approximately £9,300 on PE/Sport. Spending approximately;
- £1,100 on Sports equipment
- £7,000 on Sports Lead (to work alongside staff)
- £1,200 on Healthy Active Lifestyles
A brief summary of the Key areas we have worked on are listed below;
- Develop staff knowledge and expertise in teaching sport and PE skills – We feel that providing specialist sport coaches to assist in the delivery of already outstanding teaching methods from our teachers during curriculum time is key, so all teachers are given the opportunity to learn from these sports specialist coaches.
- Training staff in teaching outstanding and inclusive PE lessons enabling quality teaching and learning for all children –
- Providing more opportunities for more children to get involved in more sports – Every year all children get the opportunity to experience a sport that is unique to that year group, for example Judo, Tennis and Orienteering.
- Resources and equipment – We regularly audit equipment to make sure it is safe to use and purchase new to replace old. We also buy new equipment to further our range of resources so that more children can experience as many sports as possible. We spend a lot of money providing school kit so that when the children represent the school they feel an identity and a sense of pride wearing the school colours.
- Primary School Sport Partnership – We are members of Middlesbrough Primary Schools Sport Partnership and contribute financially into the package. This funding provides for a vast range of competitions, festivals and sports events, including all Sainsbury’s School Games events at levels 1 to 3. The partnership also includes a range of CPD and network meetings for PE subject leaders.
Accountability
Schools will be held to account for how they spend the sport funding. Ofsted will strengthen its coverage of sport and PE within the Inspectors’ Handbook and supporting guidance, so that schools and inspectors know how sport and PE will be assessed in future as part of the school’s overall provision.
Inspectors will consider the impact of the primary school sport funding on pupils lifestyles and physical wellbeing. They will take into account;
- The increase in participation within a school.
- The increase and success in competitive school sport.
- How much more inclusive physical education curriculum has become.
- The growth in the range of the traditional and alternative sporting activities.
- The improvement in partnership work on physical education with other schools and other local partners.
- Links with other subjects that contribute to pupils overall achievement and their greater social, spiritual, moral and cultural skills.
- The greater awareness amongst pupils about the dangers of obesity, smoking and other such activities that undermine pupils’ health.
Long term impact of funding
Our funding is not only used to provide a range of sporting activities for the children to participate in, it also encourages them to seek out opportunities to build on this outside of the school day and on a weekend. As a school we want to ensure our children are gaining skills for life and active and healthy lifestyles will be sustained well into adulthood. Teaching staff are also significantly upskilled and are more confident and competent in the delivery of the PE curriculum.
