PE & Sport Premium

Primary PE & Sports Premium - Introduction

All children and young people should live healthy active lives. The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that all children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day, with the recommendation for disabled children and young people being 20 minutes of physical activity per day.

It is important that schools are supporting children and young people to achieve this aim. This is particularly true of primary schools where the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity are embedded.

The Department for Education (DfE) wants all children to have equal access to high-quality PE provision and opportunities to experience and participate in a wide range of sports and physical activities. Schools should aim to provide high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week, complemented by a wide range of extracurricular sport and competitive opportunities. By providing this it can help improve children’s health and wellbeing, personal development as well as academic attainment.

Schools should use the PE and sport premium funding to support children to meet 60 active minutes and achieve the above aims. This funding must not be used for core-type school activities. Schools should use it to: 

make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide
provide or improve equal access to sport for boys and girls
ensure teachers have the relevant skills and knowledge to confidently teach PE in a structured way, prioritising continued professional development (CPD) and training where needed

Hayes Primary PESS Premium Objectives:

At Hayes Primary School, our use of the PE and Sport Premium is closely aligned with the three pillars of progression in physical education:

Motor Competence – developing and refining movement skills across a range of activities
Rules, Strategies and Tactics – understanding and applying these in games and competitive contexts
Healthy Participation – fostering positive attitudes and behaviours towards long-term physical activity

Our key objectives are to:

Promote children’s knowledge and understanding of the short- and long-term benefits of fitness and exercise, supporting healthy participation and equipping pupils with the knowledge to lead active lifestyles.
Raise teachers’ skills, knowledge and understanding in the delivery of PE and sport, ensuring that all children experience progression in motor competence and can apply rules, strategies and tactics confidently across a range of contexts.
Involve qualified, specialist sports coaches in PE and games lessons, to enhance the quality of teaching and provide ongoing mentoring for non-specialist teaching staff. This ensures consistent, high-quality delivery across the curriculum.
Improve PE and sports resources across the school, enabling a wider range of activities to support skill development and provide inclusive opportunities for all pupils to build their motor competence.
Organise and run inter- and intra-school sporting competitions, increasing opportunities for pupils to apply rules, strategies and tactics in competitive settings and to work collaboratively within teams.
Support and involve the least active children through additional curricular and extra-curricular opportunities, with the aim of building their confidence, improving motor competence, and promoting lifelong healthy participation.
Address the needs and interests of gifted and talented pupils, offering them appropriate challenge, progression, and opportunities for extended competition and leadership.
Develop regional community sports club links, creating pathways for pupils to continue participating in sport outside of school and supporting ongoing development in all three pillars.
Promote a whole-school ethos of active, healthy lifestyles, ensuring physical activity is embedded across the curriculum and school culture, contributing to pupils’ wider personal development.
Achieve high-quality practice and long-term sustainability in all identified areas, so that the impact of the PESS Premium continues to benefit current and future cohorts.

Using the PE and sport premium

Any use of the PE and sport premium must be in accordance with the terms outlined in the conditions of grant document. This means schools must use the PE and sport premium to:

build capacity and capability in the school and make sure that improvements made to the quality of PE, sport and physical activity provision now are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining the school in future
develop or add to the PE, sport and physical activity that the school provides

Effective ways to spend the premium 

It is important that schools make the most effective use of the premium. To best achieve this, spending should focus on making improvements in 5 key areas, to assist in: 

increasing confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sporting activities
increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sporting activities
raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
offer a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils
increasing participation in competitive sport

Please find below our PE & Sports Premium Strategy for the current academic year and our review of PE & Sports Premium spend and impact for previous academic years.