Sports Premium

Sturminster Marshall First School

We our very proud to have been awarded School Games Gold Award for the last 4 years. 

Sports Premium Funding Statement

What is the Sports Premium?

The government is providing over £450 million on improving physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools over the 3 academic years 2013 to 14, 2014 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016. The Prime Minister has also recently committed to continuing this funding until 2020. 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.

Schools can choose how they use the funding, for example to:

-  hire specialist PE teachers or qualified sports coaches to work with primary teachers during PE lessons

-  support and involve the least active children by running after-school sports clubs holiday clubs, e.g. Change4Life clubs

-   provide resources and training courses in PE and sport for teachers

-   run sport competitions or increase pupils’ participation in the School Games

-   run sports activities with other schools

Accountability

Since September 2013, Ofsted Inspections report on PE and sport provision and on how schools spend their additional funding.

PE and Sport at Sturminster Marshall First School

At Sturminster Marshall First School, we understand the contribution of PE and sport to the health and well-being of our pupils.  In addition, we believe that an exciting, varied PE curriculum, combined with extra-curricular opportunities, can help to promote other valuable qualities such as good behaviour, teamwork, communication,  perseverance and a drive to succeed.  We aim to achieve this through a commitment to providing every child with the necessary skills and confidence to participate in sporting activities and in leading a healthy lifestyle. We aim to achieve this through:

-   at least 2 hours each week of high quality PE

-   providing every child with an equal opportunity to participate in PE and sport according to their individual ability

-   greater access to wider range of activities so that all children are able to discover and experience sports that they enjoy and achieve at thus increasing participation

-   increased opportunities to access a wide variety of sporting activities through after-school sporting clubs and extra-curricular events

-   opportunities for inter school competition

-   greater opportunities for intra-school competition through House and Sports day activities

-   opportunities to participate in residential visits to outdoor education centres

We also strive to promote healthy lifestyle choices through topics e.g. Healthy Me Week

Useful documents

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pe-and-sport-premium-for-primary-schools

Inspecting Primary School PE and School Sport new funding.pdf

PE and Sport Premium-An investigation in primary schools.pdf

PE and Sport Premium for Primary Schools.pdf