Velmead Junior School

From the Department for Education:

Purpose of the premium

The premium must be used to fund additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport, for the benefit of primary-aged pupils, in the 2016 to 2017 academic year, to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles. Information on how much PE and sport premium funding primary schools receive and advice on how to spend it has been published.

Basis of allocation

Allocations for the academic year 2016 to 2017 are calculated using the number of pupils in years 1 to 6 , as recorded in the January 2016 census, as follows:

• schools with 17 or more pupils receive £8,000 plus £5 per pupil
• schools with 16 or fewer pupils receive £500 per pupil

Terms on which the programme is allocated to schools

The premium must be spent by schools on making additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport for the benefit of all pupils to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles. The Secretary of State does not consider the following expenditure as falling within the scope of additional or sustainable improvement:

• employing coaches or specialist teachers to cover planning preparation and assessment (PPA) arrangements - these should come out of schools’ core staffing budgets
• teaching the minimum requirements of your existing PE curriculum

Schools should publish the amount of premium received; a full breakdown of how it has been spent (or will be spent); what impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment and how the improvements will be sustainable in the future. Schools should also consider how their use of the premium is giving pupils the opportunity to develop a healthy, active lifestyle.

Here at Velmead

Looking Back …

In 2016 - 17 we received £9823.  Following pupil voice and staff voice consultation we identified the priorities for this additional funding. This money was used to:

Aspect of Our Provision	Funding Used	Making Additional and Sustainable Improvements to the Provision of PE	Encouraging the Development of Healthy, Active Lifestyles
Staff Development	£4000	Funding was used to release key staff to carry out PE CPD – for themselves and to plan and prepare these activities for others. This training will be implemented this year and beyond.
PE Planning and Assessment	£600	We purchased full access to the ‘imoves’ resource. Giving an extensive ‘bank’ of PE planning – this was especially welcomed by non-specialist teachers. Other PE planning resources were purchased too. These resources will be integrated into our PE planning, this year and beyond.
Attending Tournaments and Other Sports’ Events	£1500	There were some occasions where our children’s attendance at an event was only possible through the release of teachers from their class teaching responsibility. These occasions were kept to a bare minimum.
Active Break and Lunchtimes	£750	This is a key aspect of our promotion of active and healthy lifestyles. We provide equipment for all children to enjoy using at break and lunchtimes. Given the amount of use that this equipment is subject to, in order to make this sustainable, we need to replace items regularly – future funding will contribute to this.
Golf	£175	We will continue to broaden our children’s experiences of sports in future years.	We offered a number of new opportunities to our children this year, this was one of them.
Hockey	£500	For the first time, we ran a Hockey Club, for most of the year. We had done ‘taster sessions’ before. We also entered the local league … which we won!	We offered a number of new opportunities to our children this year, this was one of them. Approximately 20 children attended throughout the year.
Netball	£500	Funding was used to extend our Netball provision – entering more competitions. A highlight was the winning of the local league and taking a team to play at the Copper Box on the Olympic Park.	We extended our provision for extra-curricular Netball; approximately 40 children attended each week – this was twice as many as the year
Celebrating Excellence and Progress	£1800	We used some of the funding to further raise the profile of sporting excellence. This included at ‘elite’ level and individual pupil’s progress and attainment. Trophies and medals were purchased and engraved; athletics scheme badges were purchased for all qualifying pupils = 340+. Future funding will be used to maintain the momentum that we have established.

Swimming and Water Safety:

The National Curriculum states: All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2. In particular, pupils should be taught to: § swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres § use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] § perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

Here at Velmead our swimming programme is delivered in Year 5. In Spring 2017 – 92% of our children met or exceed the national curriculum required standard.

2017 – 18: How to use the PE and sport premium

Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport you offer.

This means that you should use the premium to:

• develop or add to the PE and sport activities that your school already offers
• build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity - the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport

For example, you can use your funding to:

• provide staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively
• hire qualified sports coaches to work with teachers to enhance or extend current opportunities
• introduce new sports, dance or other activities to encourage more pupils to take up sport and physical activities
• support and involve the least active children by providing targeted activities, and running or extending school sports and holiday clubs
• enter or run more sport competitions
• partner with other schools to run sports activities and clubs
• increase pupils’ participation in the School Games
• encourage pupils to take on leadership or volunteer roles that support sport and physical activity within the school
• provide additional swimming provision targeted to pupils not able to meet the swimming requirements of the national curriculum
• embed physical activity into the school day through active travel to and from school, active playgrounds and active teaching

You should not use your funding to:

• employ coaches or specialist teachers to cover planning preparation and assessment (PPA) arrangements - these should come out of your core staffing budgets
• teach the minimum requirements of the national curriculum - including those specified for swimming (or, in the case of academies and free schools, to teach your existing PE curriculum)

Accountability

Ofsted inspections

Ofsted assesses how primary schools use the primary PE and sport premium. They measure its impact on pupil outcomes, and how effectively governors hold school leaders to account for this.

You can find details of what inspectors look for in the ‘effectiveness of leadership and management’ section of the ‘Ofsted schools inspection handbook 2015’.

Online reporting

You must publish details of how you spend your PE and sport premium funding. This must include:

• the amount of premium received
• a full breakdown of how it has been spent (or will be spent)
• the impact the school has seen on pupils’ PE and sport participation and attainment
• how the improvements will be sustainable in the future

For the 2017 to 2018 academic year, there is a new condition requiring schools to publish how many pupils within their year 6 cohort are meeting the national curriculum requirement to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

This condition has been added in response to recommendations from the Swim Group, who reviewed curriculum swimming and water safety in primary schools. You can get advice and resources to help deliver swimming lessons successfully in primary schools.

To help you plan, monitor and report on the impact of your spending, it’s recommended that you download a template to record your activity. The Department has commissioned partners in the physical education and school sport sector to develop a template, which is available at:

• The Association for PE
• Youth Sport Trust

Accountability reviews

Accountability reviews will be carried out after the April deadline for schools to have published details on their websites of how they have spent their premium funding. We will sample a number of schools in each local authority, with the schools chosen based on a mix of random selection and prior non-compliance with the online reporting requirements.

Further advice

You can get further advice, including best practice examples of how schools are using their premium effectively, on the gov.uk teacher blog.

Visit Sports Coach UK’s ‘coaching in primary schools toolkit’ for advice on employing sports coaches for your school.

Watch short films on the Sport England website for more advice on using the PE and sport premium effectively. Sport England produced these films in collaboration with the Association for Physical Education, the Youth Sport Trust, the County Sports Partnership Network, Sports Coach UK and Compass.

Find advice from Public Health England on what works in schools and colleges to increase levels of physical activity among children and young people.

You can also contact your local county sports partnership (CSP) for support with spending your PE and sport premium.

 

 

Planning Ahead: 2017 – 18 Allocation = £15,726 – Following pupil voice and staff voice consultation we have identified the priorities for this additional funding. This money will be used to:

Aspect of Our Provision	Approximate Costing	Making Additional and Sustainable Improvements to the Provision of PE	Encouraging the Development of Healthy, Active Lifestyles
Staff Development Hart and Rushmoor District CPD Create Development	£5,000	With a number of new staff we have identified a need for a range of CPD opportunities. This includes the employment of specialist coaches to work alongside our staff.
Sustaining what we have Established   PE Planning and Assessment   Further Increasing Children’s Access to Sport	£2500	Having ‘raised the bar’ of sporting opportunities, there is some investment needed to sustain this (new netball posts for example). As we get more familiar with the resources that were purchased previously, we are planning to purchase more equipment, linked to this ‘new’ planning. In addition, we are planning to extend and broaden the children’s opportunities to apply their PE skills with some new sports / activities: Handball Archery Pop Lacrosse
Tackling Obesity / Promoting Healthy Eating	£1500		To increase the opportunities for pupils to cook; introduce them to a range of different ingredients and educate the children about the links between healthy eating and sustained performance in sports’ activities
Scootering to School	£1000		Linked to our work on Modeshift, to remove the barrier of safe scooter storage, which prevents many pupils scootering to school.
Pro-Kick Challenge Olympic Athlete Visit	£400		We are planning two whole-school PE ‘headline’ events to inspire the children. The Olympic athlete visit will include inspiring information about training, healthy eating and healthy lifestyle choices.
Attending Tournaments and Other Sports’ Events	£1500	There were some occasions where our children’s attendance at an event was only possible through the release of teachers from their class teaching responsibility. These occasions were kept to a bare minimum.
Celebrating Excellence and Progress	£1800	We will use some of the funding to further raise the profile of sporting excellence. This will include at ‘elite’ level and individual pupil’s progress and attainment. Trophies and medals will be purchased and engraved; athletics scheme badges will be purchased for all qualifying pupils = 360+.
Back Playground Re-Surfacing / Replacement of lines	£2000	The School Council has specifically requested the refreshing of the netball court lines on the Back Playground. However, with other (charity) sources in mind, we may get the whole space re-surfaced first.

Looking Ahead … early for 2018-19 PE and Sports Funding, we have identified the following ‘big ticket’ items:

• Mile Run Track  (approx. £10,000)
• Outdoor Gym  (approx. £5,000)