The PE and sport premium is designed to help primary schools improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils.
We put a tremendous amount of value on PE and sport here at Heavers Farm. The following details our system for developing PE and sports skills throughout the years. In addition to this, Reception have an hour of PE with a sports coach every week and pupils engage in gymnastics and dance regularly.
In 2023/24 Heavers Farm PE and Sports Grant was: £19,430
As a Federation, we place great value in sports and physical education in our schools. It is an integral part of our curriculum and, over the years, we have devoted a lot of resources to the subject.
Every child from Year 1 through to Year 6 receives two hours of P.E. a week through the curriculum, planned and delivered by specialist sports coaches. Children in Reception also receive one lesson a week from our sports coaches in order to encourage sports participation from a young age and to support their physical development, in line with the EYFS curriculum.
Our children are also encouraged to join our lunchtime and after-school sports activities, with specialist coaches at lunch time to organise sports in the playground and on the school field, as well as at least one sports club provided every day after school. Every sports club is expected to provide planning to our PE Lead for monitoring.
We compete inter-school through the Croydon School Sports Partnership and through friendly matches with other schools, as well as competing within the Federation by organising friendly matches in the sporting areas we have been covering in the curriculum.
This builds on intra-school competition, such as our school sports days, competing in house teams, and trials for our most competitive sports.
We have a culture of high expectations across the school and this applies equally to PE and sports. Our pupils expect a lot of themselves and we set high ceilings for their achievements in PE to support their expectations.
Our Federation PE Lead alongside members of the SLT monitor the quality of planning and P.E. delivery across the Federation. Our PE Lead oversees our sports coaches, as well as supervising our lunchtime and after-school provision. We provide our sports coaches with PPA time every week in order to ensure the highest quality of planning, which is held to the same standards as our lesson plans in the other core and foundation curriculum subjects.
We work closely with Palace for Life Foundation, the official charity of Crystal Palace FC.
This statement will detail:
- the amount of premium received
- a full breakdown of how it will be spent
• what impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment in the previous year
- how the improvements will be sustainable in the future
Monitoring during the 2022/23 school year told us that:
- There is still some demand for additional free after-school sports club spaces
- Some children were still opting out of active or sporting activities during lunchtime and throughout the day
- The discrepancy between girls’ and boys’ sports participation has continued to improve
- Some staff still do not feel adequately prepared to lead/support P.E. lessons
- We still need to improve the focus on specific areas of physical development in each year group and monitor these rigorously to check these outcomes at the end of each year
- We need to continue refining and developing a system which easily monitors PE achievement and allows for running records to be kept regarding each child’s development in the subject
- We still need to improve girls’ sports participation, specifically in after- school clubs
During the 2022/23 school year, we improved in the following areas:
- We monitored the P.E. provision across the school, and used this information to improve the delivery of P.E. and sports
- We maintained our sports club provision in order to provide higher quality sports clubs after school on each day run by our PE lead and worked with new outside groups to improve the diversity of offer.
- We used our PE Lead, to support the sports coaches with planning every week, ensuring that the children’s needs are being met throughout the school in the P.E. curriculum and they perform at a higher standard
- Our pupil’s fitness continued to improve, after dipping in previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- More pupils joined in sports provision at lunchtime.
- We had coaches plan and deliver 2 hours of high quality PE lessons each week in Years 1-6
- Used specialist time to prepare our competitive sports teams
- Retained the School Games Gold Mark
- Attended the London Youth Games and a broad range of sporting events.
Our focus for the 2023/24 school year includes:
- Encourage more girls’ participation in after-school and lunchtime clubs
- Continue to build on our successes and take more teams to the London Youth Games
- Get a wider breadth of children involved in competitive sports
- Engage with the SENCo further to involve SEND children in sports
- Engage further with the local community
- Continuing to focus on specific areas of physical development in each year group, and monitoring to check these outcomes at the end of the year.
- Further refining and developing a system which easily monitors PE achievement and allows for running records to be kept regarding each child’s development in the subject.
- Continuing to improve our swimming provision, to ensure that every child can swim at least 25 metres by the end of Year 6.
- Maintaining our School Games Gold Mark
Our PE and Sports Grant for 2023/24 was £19,430. We have spent our grant this year on:
- Offering extra-curricular sessions for those who are talented in particular sports
- Offering extra P.E. sessions for children to become competitive in our “focus sports”
- Training non-sports based staff in order to encourage them to feel more confident to support/lead P.E. lessons
- Offering free after-school sports club places
- Increasing the number of lunchtime and after-school sports clubs on offer
- Competing in a wider variety intra- and inter-school sports competitions
- Engaging with vulnerable, SEND and disadvantaged children to narrow the gap between their sports participation and others
We have a table below, which details our spending on PE and sport at the school.
| Use of Funding | What this means for the children | Impact |
| Specialist Sports CoachesFederation PE Lead | High quality P.E. teaching for all children from Reception to Year 6, specialist planning and organisation. | More specialist P.E. lessons. Higher levels of physical activity and sports engagement for all children. Access to high quality P.E. from young age. Better transition to secondary schools and between Key Stages. |
| Inter-school competition through the CSSP, Croydon Netball and Football Associations. | Children compete with other Croydon schools, and are offered pathways to county and national level competition, e.g. Sainsbury’s School Games | Refines children’s skills in particular sports. Offers children a new way to experience sports playing. Develops experience with competitive sports. Opportunities to compete on a wider platform in county-wide, city-wide and wider competitions. Offers access to other schools. |
| Inter-school competition through the Federation and friendlies | Children are offered a non- judgemental way to compete with other Croydon schools. | Increases school sports participation for all students by offering competitive sports for those of all levels and in all year groups. Children at all levels feel proud and significant in representing the school, building confidence and engagement. |
| Sports clubs every day after school | One or more after-school sports clubs provided for all year groups every day. | Extra-curricular provision available for all children in school, for those with differing access to financial and material resources. |
| Free lunchtime and after-school sports clubs | We aim to provide several free sports clubs for pupils of various ages. | Access to extra-curricular sports clubs for all children regardless of family financial situation. |
| Assisted places in high- quality sports clubs | We provide a limited number of assisted or free places in our sports clubs for families in need, or children who are gifted and talented in P.E. | Access to extra-curricular clubs for all children, regardless of financial status. Extension of activities for children who gifted and talented in P.E. |
| Extra P.E. lessons for gifted and talented children | Friday afternoon P.E. for children gifted and talented in P.E. or those chosen for school competitions. | Extending and developing the skills of the most gifted and talented children in P .E. |
| Clubs specifically for those who are vulnerable, SEND or disadvantaged. | Extra sessions with P.E. coaches during the week and lunchtimes for those who need to close the gap with their peers. | Closing the gap between those with less physical literacy. |
| Squad training sessions in “focus sports” each term | Children gifted and talented in P.E. are given the opportunity to refine these skills with a session a week in a particular sport. | Developing skills in focus sports, allowing for us to be more successful at competitions and to offer children pathways for particular sports. |
| Providing P.E. kits to the community hub | Free P.E. kits for those who are accessing the community hub, those who are in most need. | Full inclusion of all pupils in P.E. lessons. |
| Training of staff in sports delivery by the sports coaches. | Teachers and TAs are given the opportunity to develop their skills teaching P.E. and sports | Increased quality of P.E. teaching for all children. |
| Extra training and CPD for sports (and teaching) staff in sports outside of their specialism | Sports staff are given the opportunity to develop skills in new sports, also skills for primary-specific competitions. | Increased quality of P.E. teaching for all children. |
| ‘Bikeability’ courses for KS2 children | Children are given the opportunity to lean how to ride bikes, as well as learning safe road biking skills. | Increases number of children cycling to school and being safely active outside of school. |
| Opportunities for children to trial for local and national teams. | Gifted and Talented children are put forward for trials and opportunities at different clubs for different sports. PE Lead supports with these applications. | Increase’s children’s opportunities to take part at sports at a higher level outside of school sport. |
| Transport to sporting events | Minibuses to take children to and from all competitions | Increases children’s ability to take part in sports competitions. They don’t have to rely on parents or public transport. |
| SEND and Nurture Leaders’ time. | Support to coaches and more vulnerable pupils to engage in sport. | Increases sporting uptake among a group of pupils who have historically been harder to encourage. |
How we teach PE
Years 1 and 2 – Fundamentals of PE
In Years 1 and 2, we start to work on the fundamentals of PE. We begin to develop physical education skills through the use of fun games.
In this phase, we focus on:
- ABC’s (Agility, Balance and Coordination)
- Basic speed development (linear, lateral and multi-directional)
- KGBS (Kinesthetics, Gliding, Buoyancy, Striking with a body part)
- CKS (Catching, Kicking, Striking with an implement)
In Year 1, children develop the physical skills learned in Reception and start to apply these to a range of fun activities.
In Year 2, children begin to apply these skills to games and competitive activities, whilst continuing to develop the fundamentals of physical education.
Years 3 and 4 – Learning to Train
In Years 3 and 4, having developed basic physical skills in Years 1 and 2, children start applying these skills to specific games and sports and learn how to train for particular sports.
In Year 3, children begin to apply physical skills to competitive games and specific sports. Children begin to apply their strength, fitness and flexibility to different sports.
In Year 4, children will further learn how to train for particular sports and games, understanding how to warm up, cool down and use their skills for different aspects of different sports.
Years 5 and 6 – Training to Compete
Having learned how to apply their physical skills to competitive games, in Years 5 and 6, children begin to train for competition in a variety of sports.
In this phase:
- 50% of available time is devoted to the development of technical and tactical skills and fitness improvements
- 50% of available time is devoted to competition and competition-specific training
- Children learn to perform sport specific skills under a variety of competitive conditions during lessons
This phase focuses on the children understanding and taking responsibility for their own sporting outcomes, in order to bridge the gap between primary and secondary PE provision.