Sports Funding 2024-2025

23/24 reviewed sports premium plan below

PE and Sports

PE and Sports are an important aspect of life for all the children at Park Lane Primary School. All children have at least two sessions of high quality PE a week with opportunities to play sport competitively both in and outside of school. Membership of the Reading Schools Partnership allowed the children to compete in a range of activities and sports against other schools from across the Borough.

The high level of participation and quality teaching saw the school awarded the Sainsbury’s Gold Game Mark for the second successive year in 2023. This reflected the school’s commitment to the delivery of high-quality sports coaching and inclusive participation.

Please see the PDF below for our updated SPORTS PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING.

sports funding 2023 2024.pdf

Sports Funding

PE and Sports

PE and Sport at Park Lane

After school clubs, run by outside agencies, are well established at the Juniors and Infants.

Additional clubs available from external companies include:

· Street Dance

· Football

· Multi-sports

· Glee Club

Last Summer, the infants ran a Belonging Sports Club which supported children who were anxious about Sports Day through additional practise and confidence boosting discussion. This allowed children who were less confident, or felt less acomplished in PE, to access their lessons and their sports day with a positive mindset. National Sports Week is an integral part of the academic year at Park Lane and allows all children to participate in a different physical activity each day, delivered by local community specialists.

During sports week in 2024 we offered a range of different sporting opportunities, before then ending the week with our annual sports day. The junior children enjoyed martial arts, while the infant children experienced cricket. A healthy and active lifestyle is also promoted through other avenues such as science topics, sports relief and fundraising for charities.

Sports Day in 2025 will take part on Friday, July 4th.

Funding

The PE and Sport Premium provides ring fenced money to primary school head teachers to improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils. The PE and Sport Premium provides primary schools with £320m of government funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered through their core budgets. It is allocated directly to schools so they have the flexibility to use it in the way that works best for their pupils. The PE and Sport Premium survey highlighted the significant impact which PE and Sport has had in many primary schools across England.

Swimming

Funding is also used to provide weekly swimming lessons at Meadway Sports Centre. The Y5 children receive a one hour swim lesson on a Thursday morning. Each Y5 class get a 10-week coaching block up until Easter 2025. After Easter, those Y5 swimmers who didn’t reach the national standard will have catch-up sessions. Of last year’s cohort, 65% achieved the National Standard.

The PE Hub

Part of the sports budget has been used to sign up for the PE Hub Resource which allows teachers from FS to Y6 to access high-quality lesson plans, videos, games and other resources in a range of sports. The lessons build a progression of skills throughout the year groups and builds on previous learning and understanding.

Inter-school events

Last year we were a member of the Reading Schools Partnership which allowed us access to a range of sporting events. We took part in Y6 girls football and Y4 badminton events, while our Lower School Girls team won the trophy at the Tilehurst Panthers football tournament.

We also enjoyed football events for Y4 boys, Y5 boys and Y6 boys against other local primary schools.

Sensory Circuits

We also provide Sensory Circuit sessions three times a week for vulnerable children three mornings a week in the infant and junior schools. These sessions provide activities which help children with their balance, co-ordination, fine and gross motor skills and to help their focus in the mornings. The sessions have 12-15 children attending.

The funding is also used for the following

· PE resources are continually replaced when necessary.

· Playground equipment to promote active play (e.g. footballs)

· Specialist coaches brought in to provide one-off or shorter blocks of coaching.

Impact

Feedback from children, staff and parents has been positive and we have seen confidence and sporting skills improve.

Towards the end of the school year, children will get the chance to visit an outdoor education facility where they will have the opportunity to participate in exciting adventures:

· Year 3: Englefield Estates Day

· Year 4: Wellington Country Park

· Year 5: Rushall Farm overnight trip (orienteering and team building)

· Year 6: A week long residential stay at Avon Tyrrell in the New Forest.

The Future

In 2025 Park Lane hope to continue to build on the positives from last year by using funding in the same way but also plan to develop more intra-school competition as well as continuing to enter a range of inter-school tournaments.