Sports Premium
Sports Premium Funding
Overview
Schools receive PE and Sport Premium based on the number of pupils in Years 1 to 6. Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport.
The premium should be used to:
Ensure the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school. There should be 2 hours of taught PE lessons a week. This can include swimming for specific year groups and can be used towards additional swimming lessons.
Raise the profile of PE and sport across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
Increase confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport and make improvements that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.
Burnt Tree Primary received £19,494 of Sports Premium Funding (2024-2025). Our aims are:
To increase the opportunities for pupils to take part in competitive sport and team sporting activities.
To improve the facilities and equipment available at school.
Offer a broad experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils building on what the school already offers.
We will use the funding in the following way:
Part fund a lunchtime play leader to ensure good quality inclusive lunchtime activities.
Part fund a sports coach to deliver high quality PE lessons and CPD to teachers.
Purchase PE hub so that teachers have high quality materials to use to plan and teach PE lessons.
Sports coaches to deliver a wide range of after school clubs, including football, archery, table tennis, cricket, rugby, multi sports, gymnastics.
To take part in competitions and games.
The money awarded has been used to develop the following areas:
Improving the quality of teaching and learning – raise the standard of teaching and learning in PE by purchasing sports equipment and resources and investing in relevant training. A specialist PE coach is employed to work with teachers to help enhance their teaching skills in PE; an effective way of ensuring progression and that the overall standard of PE across the school continues to improve. Increasing participation in sporting activities and taking part in the school games and competitions in a variety of sports, including gymnastics, boys and girls football, basketball, multi-sports and to support the funding of a range of after-school clubs for all ages. This also includes the cost of equipment and resources for these extra-curricular activities and transport to competitions. Improving pupil’s lifestyles and physical wellbeing. As a result of increased sporting participation, our pupils have improved their health and well-being, whilst also benefitting from all the other positive values that sport promotes. In addition to encouraging increased physical activity amongst pupils, we also ensure that we teach children about healthy lifestyles.
SWIMMING
All pupils in our Year 6 classes attend weekly swimming lessons at Tipton Leisure Centre for the whole school year. The national curriculum requirement is that by the end of year 6, children are able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, using a range of strokes effectively and are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.