PE and SportS Premium
Sports Premium Funding was first allocated to schools in 2013. The grant is to be used to enhance the provision of sports and PE, to encourage participation in sports and help pupils develop a healthy lifestyle.
The funding is ring-fenced to be used by the school to achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport. It is important to emphasise that the focus of spending must lead to long lasting impact against the vision (below) that will live on well beyond the Primary PE and Sports Premium funding.
The national vision is for: “All pupils leaving primary school [to be] physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.”
We believe that the Sports Premium funding should support three key areas: physical education, healthy & active lifestyles and participation in competitions and local initiatives in the community.
Our rationale at TWFS is that the funding should be used in a fully inclusive manner, to benefit all pupils, not just those who excel in sports. We believe in nurturing talent and in giving opportunities to try a range of sports.
PE
Pupils at The Wells Free School are taught to develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and co-ordination, individually and with others, learning how to use their skills in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement.
Swimming is currently taught in Year 4 and for those that require further instruction in years 5 and 6 using the local swimming pool at St John's Sports Centre. In the academic year 2021-2022, 92% of Year 6 children were able to meet the following National Curriculum requirements for swimming:
- swim competently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
What we have spent the money on in 2021-2022:
Sports Premium Impact 2021-2022
What we have spent the money on in 2022-2023:
Sports Premium Impact 2022-2023
What we have spent the money on in 2023-2024: