Sports Premium

The government introduced the PE and sports premium for primary schools in 2014. The additional annual funding is provided to improve the provision of physical education and sports in primary schools. This funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spend on the provision of PE and sport within schools.

Last year, in 2024 - 2025, we received £16,860 and spent £17,023.13 on continuous professional development, internal activities and external activities to fulfil the aims which are:

To support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
To make participation in PE and school sport easier
To make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
To improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
To embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.
To ensure children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day

Please read our 2024 - 2025 review for more information on:

How Rowde Church of England Primary Academy has spent their Sports Premium Grant
How Rowde Church of England Primary Academy plans to spend their future Sports Premium Grant

Sports Premium Review 2024 - 2025

You can find our swimming data for 2024 - 2025 below:

Question	Statistics:	Further context relative to local challenges
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?	78%	Increased absence in school or medical issues which prevented some children from swimming each week. We have had a smaller number of sessions due to travel costs.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]?	78%	Children are embedding their learning each week to ensure they can use a variety of different strokes. Children remain most confident with front crawl and backstroke. Children have found breaststroke more challenging; this information will be fed back to parents/ guardians.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?	74%	Increased absence in school or medical issues which prevented some children from swimming each week. Some children have only just begun to feel confident in the water.
If your school’s swimming data is below national expectation, you can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional top-up sessions for those pupils that did not meet National Curriculum requirements after the completion of core lessons. Have you done this?	Yes	Certain classes were prioritised to ensure that national curriculum requirements are met.
Have you provided CPD to improve the knowledge and confidence of staff to be able to teach swimming and water safety?	Yes	Through staff meetings CPD has been delivered by staff who are qualified swimming teachers.

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