Sports Funding

Following on from the London 2012 Olympics, the government committed to providing additional funding to Primary Schools across the UK, for each academic year until 2021. The funding, which has been jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, is to be used for improving the provision of sporting activities and Physical Education (PE) lessons. It is 'ring-fenced', which means it can only be used for this purpose and not spent on anything else.

Sports fund allocation for 2020-21: £19,070.00

Possible uses of the funding include:

• Hiring specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work alongside Primary teachers when delivering the PE part of the curriculum including basketball, Tri Golf, rugby, lacrosse and hockey coaches.
• Paying for professional development opportunities for teachers in sport and PE.
• Providing class cover to release teachers for professional development opportunities in sport and PE.
• Running sports competitions.
• When required, competition club to help prepare children for upcoming events.
• Buying equipment to enhance sport and PE provision.
• PE enrichment days where specialist coached are invited in to coach the children and provide CPD for teachers.
• To update playground equipment to encourage more children to become independently involved in sport during break times.

Sports fund allocation for 2019-20: £19,070.00

The Sports Fund allocation for 209/20 was spent as follows:	£
A Specialist PE teacher and Sports coaches working alongside school staff to provide CPD.	6,450.00
A specialist sports coach running after school activities alongside school staff to provide CPD.	1,700.00
A specialist sports coach running fitness and wellbeing sessions providing CPD for all staff.	654.00
Membership of the Macclesfield School Sports Partnership	1,000.00
Specialist tag-rugby and tri-golf sessions	1,050.00
Competition club to improve skills before competitions.	650.00
PE equipment	1,163.75
Chang4Life club equipment	253.21
Membership of the Stockport South Area Primary Sports Association (SSPSSA)	40.00
TOTAL	12,960.96

£6,109 remains. This will be carried over to 2020/21 academic year.

 

Membership of the Macclesfield School Sports Partnership (MSSP) has enabled access to up to date and relevant training at reduced costs. MSSP membership has also enabled entry to numerous sporting competitions throughout the year, particularly for the Key Stage Two children.

Membership of the Stockport South Area Primary Sports Association (SSAPSA) enabled access to sporting events including cross country, Woodbank Park athletics, football fixtures and other opportunities.  

The Sports Grant allocation for 2019/2020 impacted on the school in the following ways:

All the children throughout the school were able to participate in a range of sports related activities during lessons and in after school clubs. Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 football continues and remains a popular activity. A competitive sports club was run for children who were taking part in the upcoming athletics, cross country, lacrosse and tag-rugby events. This allowed the children to be trained and feel confident before competing in their competition.

In the autumn and spring terms, Key Stage Two children have had access to tag-rugby, tri-golf and some kwik cricket sessions. These engaging lessons provided CPD for a number of staff and helped the children learn new skills and prepare for upcoming tournaments. Key Stage One children have benefitted from and enjoyed sessions focussed on sportshall athletics. Due to COVID-19 professional coaches for tennis, kwik-cricket and athletics were unable to complete their sessions as school was closed.

PE equipment was updated and new resources were bought. This included badminton nets, Change4Life resources, sportshall athletics equipment, netball nets, bibs and balls. 

How will the improvements be sustainable for the future?

We have had a variety of professional sports coaches who have provided CPD for teaching staff such as tag-rugby, tri-golf and tennis. This has had an impact on future teaching and learning. Sporting equipment is regularly updated so that all children are able access a wide variety of sports.

Swimming

Swimming and water safety is an extremely important part of the PE curriculum at Vernon Primary School and another way of helping children to lead healthy and active lives. Throughout the academic year, pupils in KS2 attend swimming lessons at Poynton Leisure centre in order to meet the National Curriculum requirements. This ensures that nearly every pupil leaving Vernon Primary School can reach the National requirement by the end of Year 6.
 
Pupils are grouped according to their ability and are taught to:
- Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- Use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
- Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations. 

Results for pupils in Year 6 the end of 2019/20:

86% could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
86% could use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)
86% perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

Due to COVID-19 the remaining Year 6 pupils who had not achieved the National Curriculum requirements, were unable to attend as the school was closed when they were timetabled to receive extra sessions.