PE and Sports Premium
Physical activity is at the heart of our culture and ethos across all GLA schools. We are committed to ‘Creating Active Schools’, as we are passionate about physical activity and recognise the positive impact that it has on children’s lives and well-being, physically and mentally.
Physical Education is more than just teaching a PE curriculum; we promote physical activity to nurture individual characters, build self-esteem, problem solve, provide challenge, support positive mental health and wellbeing, as well as teaching skills and knowledge that will help all children succeed in the next stages of their education.
As a GLA school, we offer:
- A Physical Education curriculum which is broad, balanced and opportunity rich, providing equality for all children. Our organised and engaging curriculum helps children develop confidence and a sense of achievement.
- A wealth of enrichment activities, sporting clubs and competitive events to suit the dynamics of our school and needs of our children. As well as increasing access to wider opportunities, we hope that children will appreciate teamwork, experience new opportunities and promote leading a healthy, active lifestyle outside of school.
- A strong network of GLA PE leaders and a PE Trust lead, who work collaboratively to share best practice, organise trust events, ensure up to date research is sustaining high quality PE provision and monitor the use and impact of the Sports Premium. Our PE leaders regularly attend professional development workshops to stay informed about the latest trends and techniques in physical education.
- Professional Partnerships with external sporting organisations and charities, such as Move More, Gloucester School Sports Network and Atlas Camps to enrich the trust’s PE offer. These partnerships have enabled us to offer specialised coaching in sports like gymnastics and tennis, which have been highly popular among our children.
Sports Premium Funding
As part of the Olympics 2012 Legacy, the Government has provided additional funding in order to improve the quality of provision of physical education and sport in primary schools to improve the quality of sports and PE for all their children. Funding for schools is calculated by reference to the number of primary-aged pupils (between the ages of 5 and 11), as recorded in the annual schools census in January.
Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. The money can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools and will be used so that all children have equal benefit regardless of their sporting ability.
All GLA schools closely monitor the provision, spending, implementation and impact of the funding to ensure this additional funding provides maximum impact so children are inspired to be physically active for life.
Please click on the link below to see how this year’s funding is making a difference in our school.