What is the Sports Premium?
The PE and Sport Premium is a grant awarded to schools across the UK each year to improve the sport and PE lessons and extra curricular activities offered.
The concept behind the grant is to improve fitness, build confidence and increase general well-being of primary school-aged pupils.
The aim of the funding is to help prevent childhood obesity and encourage children to lead more active lives, starting at school.
Schools have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possible uses for the funding include:
- hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside Primary teachers when teaching PE
- running additional extra-curricular sports clubs for our children to access after school.
- paying for professional development opportunities in PE/sport
- providing cover to release primary teachers for professional development in PE/sport
- running sport competitions, or increasing participation in the school games
- buying quality assured professional development modules or materials for PE/sport
Please click the link at the bottom of the page to view our Sports Premium Grant Information.
What does this look like at St William of York?
At St William of York we are committed to providing high quality PE and sports opportunities for all pupils from Nursery to Year 6. We run a wide range of extra curricular clubs and activities and our pupils receive sports tuition from our highly skilled coach Miss Baxter. We buy in a number of external agencies to support our provision including The Life Bus and visits to the Anderton Centre.
Professional Development for Staff
Mrs Coyle, our PE lead, works alongside our specialist coach Miss Baxter to ensure the quality delivery of our PE curriculum. Teachers, by teaching alongside Miss Baxter, have gained in confidence and have a deeper knowledge of how to challenge and engage children within PE
Curriculum Development
Miss Baxter’s wealth of experience and skills specific to the teaching of our St. William’s PE curriculum means all teachers are now more confident and competent in delivering high quality lessons to all children. Staff use a range of teaching and learning styles in PE to match lesson content and assess children’s progress alongside Miss Baxter, using their sound knowledge of the curriculum.