Fairlop Primary School

What is the PE and Sports Premium?

This is a funding given by the government to primary schools to improve their provision of PE and Sport.

DfE Information - PE and sport premium for primary schools
Evidencing the impact of the Primary PE and Sports Premium 2023-24

The Government has provided additional Sports Premium Funding. Fairlop Primary School will receive a total of £21,650.00 over the course of the academic year 2023-24.

Aims
Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) they offer. Sports premium funding should be used to:

• Develop or add to the PESSPA activities that the school already offers.
• Build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that measures implemented now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.

We also aim to use this funding to:

1. Raise the standards of teaching and learning in PE and to broaden the range of sporting activities available to all children.
2. Increase the provision of competitive opportunities for all children, leading to a sense of achievement and higher levels of success.
3. Encourage greater awareness of healthy lifestyle and safety issues amongst children and their families and the positive impact of these on physical wellbeing.

At Fairlop Primary School we already provide a well-balanced, fun, enjoyable and inspiring PE curriculum which encourages children to become physically active, boosts their confidence and provides them with life-skills.  Children receive a minimum of 2 hours per week quality PE using a variety of equipment and resources.  They experience a broad range of sporting opportunities in which they can develop skills and excel in activities which are challenging and inclusive of all abilities.  We value sporting excellence and cater for talented individuals as well as encouraging all children to be active and make healthy choices.

We offer a variety of competitive opportunities throughout the year, both within the school and against other schools. These competitions encourage children to develop values such as fairness, respect, teamwork, co- operation and self-esteem. There are also opportunities for children to lead, manage and officiate in school games activities.

There is a well-established programme of extra-curricular activities provided before school, after school and at lunch and break times.  We aim to increase levels of participation with the Sports Premium Funding and subsidise pupil premium children to take part if they express an interest.

We promote healthy active lifestyles and this has a positive effect on academic subjects too.

We intend to ensure that the extra sports premium funding will have a long-lasting impact in areas of teaching and learning, competitive sports, health and safety and for the effects of this provision to be evident throughout the school, resulting in increased confidence and high standards reflected in all curriculum areas.

The ‘Evidencing the Impact of the Primary P.E. and Sport Premium 2023-24’ document linked above outlines how the money is spent at Fairlop Primary School.  We monitor the effectiveness of this regularly and devise ways of measuring the impact to ensure maximum usage.