The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum to provide 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 Headteachers 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.

The aim of this investment is to improve the lifestyles and overall health of the pupils in the school, giving them access to a wide curriculum that is engaging and motivational. Part of this commitment is to tackle obesity and other health related issues.

At Wymondham CE Primary School, we believe that Physical Education contributes significantly to the health and well-being of children. We work hard to develop PE through curriculum time and extra-curricular activities by providing a wide range of experiences to engage and inspire all pupils.

We ensure that all pupils benefit, regardless of sporting ability; the most able pupils have the opportunity to participate in inter-schools competitions and are signposted to local clubs.

We plan to use funding to:

• employ specialist teachers to deliver high quality PE lessons to children throughout the school

• provide opportunities for professional development of teaching staff

• provide cover for teachers to attend professional development sessions

• provide outdoor adventurous activities

• introduce new sports and physical activities to cater for all interests

• provide after school sports clubs

• increase participation in sporting activities for all children

• enable children to take part in local tournaments and competitions

We will evaluate the impact of our funding and monitor pupil participation and progress.

Please click on the document/s below to find detailed information about how we plan to spend the Sports Premium and what the impact has been (or will be).

Swimming

Children across KS2 have weekly swimming lessons during the first half of the autumn term. Teachers plus teaching assistants and family members help with supervision to the Melton Leisure Centre, where there are two pools for all abilities.

The children are taught by fully qualified swimming instructors. Children work towards specific targets. Competent swimmers are taught aspects of personal survival, whilst new swimmers are sensitively encouraged to feel safe in the water before learning correct strokes and water skills.

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, but we haven’t used it in this way to date.