Sports Funding

The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum to provide new, substantial primary school sport funding. 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 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. All schools will receive a lump sum of £8,000 plus a premium of £5 per pupil for the next two academic years.

Sports Funding 2019-current

Sports Funding 2018-19

Total Fund Allocated: £18, 182.00

Key Indicator 1: Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity. £18589.50

  • We introduced a daily mile to get all pupils undertaking at least 15 minutes of additional activity per day, this has now been extended and we have children running around the path
  • A footpath was built around the school field so the children can access a wider area of the area throughout the year to promote increased physical activity.
  • As part of our play equipment we have built a new climbing/play tower. It is situated on our footpath so children are accessing on a daily basis.
  • The climbing tower will allow more creative play – both co-operative and individual.
  • The tower offers different opportunities to learn new skills.
  • The surface of both the footpath and climbing tower is all weather so the facility can be accessed all year long.

Sustainability: The tarmac for the path and the area under the climbing frame is permanent. It is used daily by the whole school. The climbing frame comes with a 10 year guarantee but with good management, a programme of maintenance and annual inspections it will be around for a lot longer.

Key Indicator 2: The Profile of PE and Sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement.

  • The new footpath will increase the profile of PE and Sport across the school because all children will participate in additional physical activity daily.
  • The new climbing tower will increase the profile of PE and Sport across the school because all children will access the different opportunities it brings,
  • Celebration assembly to ensure the whole school is aware of the importance of PE and Sport and encourage all pupils to aspire to be on the ‘Hall of Fame’ notice board; celebrating their achievements.
  • School Council and Sports Crew to be involved in the development of the outside area and new playground equipment.

Sustainability:  The whole school engage in the mile a day. Linked to a new behaviour policy the tower is used not only of a play and lunchtime but is used as a reward for good behaviour. We celebrate all sporting achievements in and out of school – these are displayed in the main school corridor. The school council and sports crew play an active role in the playground and PE development.

Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and Sport. £91

  • Membership to the Association for Physical Education allows staff to keep up to date with the latest news and developments

Sustainability:  The PE subject leader receives regular emails with the latest updates. Membership allows the school to stay up to date with the latest developments. Literature from the organisation are displayed in the staff room.

Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils. £50

  • We have contributed towards Heathfield College to enable them to run competitions for all schools in our HASP cluster.
  • We have had several coaches visit that have offered taster sessions, the children are then offered the opportunity to follow up these sessions at after school clubs – cricket, tennis and Karate

Sustainability: Giving children opportunities is paramount to Dallington. We have not only had coaches in but advertised their organsiations to the children and in some cases started after school clubs. HCC will continue to run this initiative beyond the end of the life of the PE Grant. Schools will be discussing more of a partnership approach with HCC i.e. each school taking on the arrangement of a tournament under the guidance of an HCC PE specialist

Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport.

  • To increase opportunities for children to participate in competitive sport by implementing B teams in HASP events.
  • Staff to run after school clubs identified by pupils in recent pupil voice in order to engage more pupils.

Sustainability: Following on meetings with the sports crew we have introduced some different after school clubs. This will continue going forward. We have tried hard to ensure we enter a B team into more HASP events – allowing more children to represent their school. This will continue going forward.

Proposed spending £18, 682.00
Contribution to organisation of and participation in local inter-school events
(e.g. attendance at Heathfield College events such as multi-skills, top sport netball, football and tag rugby tournaments)
£500
Further development of playground and activity areas (extra curriculum enrichment) £91

Impact of Spending 2018-19

The pupils at Dallington are very proud to be involved PE and Sport which is impacting on confidence and self-esteem. The children are keen to celebrate their achievements in assemblies and are on the Hall of Fame. Therefore their increased self-esteem is having an impact on learning across the curriculum.

The path will allow the children to participate in 15 minutes plus additional activity daily which will improve concentration in lessons and attitudes to learning will be improved. The climbing tower will allow more opportunities for creative play and physical activity.

We have continued to support the provision of Top Up Swimming lessons for KS2. We continue to work hard to ensure that all children can swim 25 metres and feel confident and safe in the water.

We have used our links with Heathfield College to offer our children opportunities to compete in events that give them opportunities to refine and enhance their skills. We have increased the number of children who represented the school at level 2 activities/events by ensuring we offer B Teams and encouraging year 3/4 to participate.

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 75%
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 75%
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 75%
Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and Sport Premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way? No

Sports Funding 2017-18

Total Fund Allocated: £13362.00

Key Indicator 1: Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity. £11,087

  • Introduce a daily mile to get all pupils undertaking at least 15 minutes of additional activity per day.
  • A footpath to be built around the school field so the children can access a wider area of the playground throughout the year to promote increased physical activity.
  • TA’s and Playground leaders to have training from Small World Games to introduce more activities for the playground.
  • Maintenance/replacement of gymnastics equipment.
  • Maintenance/replacement of some games equipment.

Key Indicator 2: The Profile of PE and Sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement.

  • The new footpath will increase the profile of PE and Sport across the school because all children will participate in additional physical activity daily.
  • Celebration assembly to ensure the whole school is aware of the importance of PE and Sport and encourage all pupils to aspire to be on the ‘Hall of Fame’ notice board; celebrating their achievements.
  • School Council and Sports Crew to be involved in the development of the outside area and new playground equipment.

Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and Sport. £225

  • All staff will undertake training lead by Small Earth Games to increase TA/INA’s to be more confident to take a more active role in lessons/lunchtimes etc.
  • Subject leader for PE will work in HASP partnership and feedback to staff within school.

Key Indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils. £50

  • We have contributed towards Heathfield College to enable them to run competitions for all schools in our HASP cluster.

Key Indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport.

  • To increase opportunities for children to participate in competitive sport by implementing B teams in HASP events.
  • Staff to run after school clubs identified by pupils in recent pupil voice in order to engage more pupils.

Other Indicator identified by school: Additional Swimming. £2000

  • All non-swimmers to have additional swimming to support them to swim 25 metres
  • All pupils can perform safe rescue over a varied distance so they are confident and safe in water.
Proposed spending £8426
Contribution to organisation of and participation in local inter-school events
(e.g. attendance at Heathfield College events such as multi-skills, top sport netball, football and tag rugby tournaments)
£500
Support for top up swimming to enable all children to swim 25 metres £150
Further development of playground and activity areas (extra curriculum enrichment) £7500

Impact of Spending 2017-18

The pupils at Dallington are very proud to be involved PE and Sport which is impacting on confidence and self-esteem. The children are keen to celebrate their achievements in assemblies and are on the Hall of Fame. Therefore their increased self-esteem is having an impact on learning across the curriculum.

The will allow the children to participate in 15minutes additional activity daily which will improve concentration in lessons and attitudes to learning will be improved.

TA’s, INA’s and Playground Leaders have wider subject knowledge of promoting physical activity during playtimes and lunchtimes. The impact has been more children now participate in physical activities during these times.

We have continued to support the provision of Top Up Swimming lessons for KS2. We continue to work hard to ensure that all children can swim 25 metres and feel confident and safe in the water.

We have used our links with Heathfield College to offer our children opportunities to compete in events that give them opportunities to refine and enhance their skills. We have increased the number of children who represented the school at level 2 activities/events by ensuring we offer B Teams and encouraging year 3/4 to participate.

We again obtained the GOLD MARK Sports Award.

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 77%
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 77%
What percentage of your Year 6 pupils could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations when they left your primary school at the end of last academic year? 100%
Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and Sport Premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way? Yes

Sports Funding 2016-17

Allocation  £8416
Contribution to organisation of and participation in local inter-school events
(e.g. attendance at Heathfield College events such as multi-skills, top sport netball, football and tag rugby tournaments)
£300
Support for top up swimming to enable all children to swim 25 metres. £142
Further development of playground and activity areas (development of unused area and new equipment for extra curriculum enrichment). £8000

We have continued to support the provision of Top Up Swimming lessons for KS2. We continue to work hard to ensure that all children can swim 25 meters and feel confident and safe in the water.

We have used our links with Heathfield College to offer our children opportunities to compete in events that give them opportunities to refine and enhance their skills. We have increased the number of children who represented the school at level 2 activities/events with several of our team progressing through to level 3 competitions.

We have redeveloped an area of the school grounds to introduce two new pieces of equipment. The new PE and playground equipment will support extra –curricular clubs; some at lunchtimes with all children having the opportunity to attend. The new equipment has been utilised by our playground leaders enabling them to offer a wider range of activities.

We again obtained the GOLD MARK for Sainsbury’s Sport Award.

Sports Funding 2015-16

Allocation  £8416
Contribution to organisation of and participation in local inter-school events
(e.g. attendance at Heathfield College events such as multi-skills, top sport netball, football and tag rugby tournaments)
£640
Support for top up swimming to enable all children to swim 25 metres £1425
Sports kit for kevel 2 and level 3 events £150
Further development of playground and activity areas £2969
PE and playground equipment £3142
Dance curriculum enrichment £90

This has enabled us to attend all local tournaments run by HCC. This is of particular benefit to pupils who are talented in sport and would not otherwise have the opportunity to compete in such events. We have increased the numbers of children who represent the schools at level 2 competitions and we have also participated in level 3 county competitions.

Our team sports kits have been useful with a wider range of children taking part in a wider range of sports.

We have also been able to continue to support the provision of ‘top up’ swimming lessons throughout the school. We have increased the number of pupils who can swim 25 metres and have increased the children’s understanding of water safety.

We have renewed playground markings and this has given ‘active play’ a higher profile in the school. The development of areas has challenged children to be more active during playtimes.

The new PE and playground equipment has supported extra-curricular club; some at lunchtimes which enables a wider range of children to attend. The new equipment has supported playground leaders to lead a wider range of activities and encourage less active children to participate.

We attained GOLD MARK for Sainsbury’s Sport Award

Sports Funding 2014-15

Allocation £8175
Contribution to organisation of and participation in local inter-school events
(e.g. attendance at Heathfield College events such as multi-skills, top sport netball, football and tag rugby tournaments)
£1000
Enriching the curriculum for pupils (including extra-curricular activities)
And purchasing new equipment
£7175

This has enabled us to attend all local tournaments run by HCC. This is of particular benefit to pupils who are talented in sport and would not otherwise have the opportunity to compete in such events.
We have also been able to continue to support the provision of swimming lessons throughout the school. This benefits all pupils.

We have renewed playground markings and this has given ‘active play’ a higher profile in the school.