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 2020. 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 2019-20: £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 cricket, Tri Golf, rugby, lacrosse and tennis 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.
All year 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.

Sports fund allocation for 2018-19: £19,070.00

The Sports Fund allocation for 2018/19 was spent as follows:	£
A Specialist PE teacher and Sportscoaches working alongside school staff	11,500.00
A specialist sports coach running after school activities	1,900.00
Membership of the Macclesfield School Sports Partnership	1,000.00
Specialist Tennis and Cricket coaching	1,600.00
Specialist Wellbeing, Nutrition and Excercise coaching	3,000.00
TOTAL	19,000.00

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 2018/2019 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 both 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 event. This allowed the children to be trained and feel confident in their event.

During lessons, Key Stage Two children have had access to tennis and Kwik cricket sessions which helped the children learn new skills and prepare for the tournaments. Key Stage One children have benefitted and enjoyed nutritional and well-being sessions. They have also taken part in Martial Arts sessions.

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 2018/19:

98% could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
98% could use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)
98% perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations