What is ‘PE and Sport Premium’ Funding?

Primary PE and Sport Premium is an initiative that aims to help increase and improve the PE and sporting opportunities for children. It was first provided in the 2013/14 academic year and the current government has pledged to continue this funding until 2020. It was increased to £320 million pounds following the sugar tax levy in 2017.

PE and Sport Premium funding is provided jointly by the Department for Education, the Department for Health and Culture and the Department for Media and Sport.  It has been allocated to primary school head teachers and is ring-fenced, meaning that it can only be spent on the provision of PE and sport in schools.

The Government believes that head teachers and school leaders should decide how to use the funding for PE and Sports in school. They are held accountable for the decisions they make through:

• The performance outcomes of all pupils compared with their peers

• The Ofsted inspection framework, under which inspectors focus on the attainment of pupil groups, in particular in those areas where specific funding has been provided

• The reports that schools are required to publish online for parents.

All primary schools receive a lump sum of £16,000 plus £10 per pupil aged 5 or over on roll.

At at Edwalton we aim to use the funding effectively to ensure that standards of learning and achievement in PE and Sports are raised, with all children, regardless of their background, engaging in physical activity as part of the curriculum and extra-curricular provision.

Sporting Successes

During 2023/2024 we attended 36 sporting events across the Rushcliffe School Sports Partnership Calendar, Flying High annual athletics and events run through Rushcliffe Spencer academy. These provide extensive opportunities for children across all year groups to represent Team Edwalton.

We have an extensive after school sports club provision and have links with external providers to include Nottingham Rugby All Stars, Dancin Motion, Score Football Coaching, Matt Bradbury Urban Hockey, as well as clubs run through our experienced staff.

Each year we run a competitive sports day for Key Stage 2 and have introduced a competitive Key Stage 1 event which has been well received by pupils and parents.

We are proud with the results we have achieved in the competitive events attended with Gold medals from the annual Keyworth Cricket Cup, the Notts Schools County Cup and the Flying High Partnership Athletics. We also scooped Silver medals at the SSP indoor athletics event.

As well as providing a broad and balance PE curriculum, all year groups were given the opportunity to take part in an 'experience day' to help enhance their PE provision.

• Y6 Trent Bridge Classrooms
• Y5 Healthy Hearts Notts CCC
• Y4&6 Nottingham Tennis Open
• Y6 Paddle Sports & team Building
• Y4&6 Residential
• Y6 Keyworth Cricket coaching
• Y6 Urban Hockey coaching
• Y3, 4, 5 YMCA experience day
• Y1-6 Girls football ‘Let Girls Play campaign’
• Y2 Tennis coaching
• Y4 West Bridgford tennis coaching

We work to provide opportunities for target groups to enhance their experiences of physical activity in small groups working with children from other schools across the County. SEND and PP activities have included:

• Y5&6 Mental Health Workshop at Trent Bridge
• PP Forest School Games at Sherwood Pines
• KS1 & KS1 inclusion festivals Nottingham Trent University
• Y5 Boccia and Kurling Festival Nottingham Trent University

For parents of children in year 1, we provide PE showcase evenings where parents are invited to watch the children performing in their year groups. 

• Hockey Term 1
• Rugby Term 2
• Athletics term 3