Sport and PE Funding 2023-2024

What is the Sports Premium?

The government has provided funding of £150 million per annum since 2015 to provide substantial primary school sport funding. The 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 head teachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and Physical Activity (PA) for all their children. The money can only be spent on sport and PA provision in schools. In 2023/2024 the school received £16241.

Purpose of the funding

Schools will have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PA and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

At Yealand C of E Primary School we recognise the contribution of Physical Activity to the health and well-being of the children. In addition, it is considered that an innovative and varied PA curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all children.

The governors agree that the money must be used so that all children benefit regardless of their sporting ability. It’s important that we use this money wisely to promote sport and Physical Activity.

During 2023/24, this included a series of Dance and Gymnastic workshops with Miss Helen, whole school PE sessions with Coach Gunn and Superball Paul.

We have worked alongside Dallam School to provide weekly PE sessions for all children, this partnership has enabled us to take part in cross county tournaments and give the children the opportunity to take part in sporting competitions. All year groups have taken part during the year in competitions which has enhanced their sporting curriculum.

Little Owls (Nursery) & Robin Class (Reception & KS1) continued their weekly Forest School lessons and extended beyond the Yealand site to include some work with Leighton Hall as a whole school. The funding has been used to offer two members of the team the opportunity to complete their forest school level 3 qualification.

Swallow Class (Year 5) had a funded day at Killington Lake learning how to sail. Year 5 and 6 went on residential, where the group took part in lots of activities including golf, and indoor skydiving. Not only did this give all children an opportunity to enjoy time together but to also to try some new activities.

We continued to work with Morecambe Football Club to offer active playtimes each Thursday, this session is open to all children in school to attend if they wish.

This year we have used some of the funding to invest in gymnastic equipment, this equipment will be used for years to come and will enable us to enhance the provision we can offer to all children in school.

The whole school attended workshops hosted by SCARF (Life Education) which focuses on personal and social health issues.

Swimming

All pupils at the school from Reception to Year 6 have had the opportunity to swim during the school year.
Within the Year 6 cohort (2023-24) 66% of pupils met the national curriculum requirement to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres. They can use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Swimming will resume in Spring 2025, with a focus on the pupils in Swallow Class, Key Stage 2.

Information updated 17/7/24