Sports Premium

Curriculum Time PE

At Heron park we take great pride in our PE and after-school club program. Our partnership with Sportitude is currently in its 6th year and in that time the children’s enjoyment, application and achievements in Sport have gone from strength to strength. The Academy, prior to Covid, was a regular recipient of the School Games Awards- racking up three consecutive Golds in recent years. Our last two Ofsted reports have highlighted the high quality of our sporting provisions.

Further to this, our efforts to provide outstanding PE lessons, coach-led teacher training, and to support the after-school club program has led to the Academy producing a conveyer-belt of successful teams. Our trophy cabinet bares testament to this and with Covid restrictions lifting, we hope to return to this level of success.

The Academy achieves all the above by spending its PE premium on professional, experienced sports coaches, equipment, and covering the costs of entering multiple inter-school competitions- such as transport and kit.

All children receive 2 high quality PE lessons per week, for the majority of the year, with one of those being a coach-led session where the class teacher learns by observation / Team teaching and is supported to make accurate assessments of the children.

Term 1 - 3 weeks Team Building Skills / OAA, 4 weeks Ball Skills / Invasion Games

Term 2 - 6 weeks Ball Skills / Invasion Games

Term 3 - 6 weeks Dance

Term 4 - 6 weeks Gymnastics

Term 5 - 6 weeks Athletics

Term 6 - 7 weeks Striking and Fielding Games / Over the Net Games

We provide sports/dance after-school clubs that are available to all children Y1-6. These range from Dance to Nerf Games, Football to Gymnastics. The range of activities offered means there is something for everyone throughout the year.

You can find, within the Sports Premium Report, a breakdown of our PE spend for the academic year 2020 / 2021.

PE at Heron Park Primary Academy continues to go from strength to strength.

In this academic year (2021 / 2022) we will be

· offering swimming lessons to all children in Years 4,5 and 6
· offering scholarship places at after school clubs to children showing promise in sporting activities
· organising lunchtime activities, providing more opportunity to be active

· training prefects as play leaders to work with younger children in Key Stage 1
· attending as many tournaments as possible, utilising our minibus and sports coaches to support. Some of these are aimed at our elite performers who have demonstrated a talent within their PE lessons. Others are more about participation and selection of competitors is primarily to motivate and encourage the more reluctant athlete.

Physical Education (PE) Premium

2020 - 21

We intend to spend the £19,330 which we receive from the Government for PE provision at this school as follows:

£17,784 - PE coach to continue to offer the children comprehensive PE lessons throughout the year, along                      with leading professional development in this area for staff at school.

£2,146 - resources connected to the PE provision and travel expenses to tournaments and sporting fixtures                    throughout the year 

2019 - 20

This year we receive £19,330 funding from the Government to provide a rich and varied PE programme.

PE is delivered by a combination of expert coaching sessions delivered by Sportitude and also by class teachers.  This builds on the normal level of provision that you would find in many schools across the country by providing students with an expert in different sports who is able to promote mastery beyond mere physical and skills development.  This provision not only accelerates the pace of progress and development, but motivates students to challenge themselves in a number of sporting activities.  Sportitude also operates their own rewards and awards programme where they gain points, awards, medals, trophies and prizes including a special achievement visit to the David Lloyd Centre.

We spend over the average in support of the PE curriculum at Heron Park Primary Academy.
We will receive a total of £19,330 to spend in this area.

We will continue to employ a Coach who is taking the sporting element of the education we offer to pupils at Heron Park to a new level; in addition to the curriculum activities, he arranges participation in inter-school tournaments and other fixtures throughout the year. Soon, we are going to need a bigger trophy cabinet!
We have a good quality football pitch and funds will be used to reinvigorate our existing PE equipment stocks.

PE at Heron Park Primary Academy continues to go from strength to strength.

In this academic year we will be
· offering swimming lessons to all children in Key Stage 2
· offering scholarship places at after school clubs to children showing promise in sporting activities
· organising lunchtime activities
· running a “Big Buddy” club for selected children in Years 5 and 6

(Total anticipated spend £11,598)

Equipment, travel costs, kit etc. (anticipated spend £1,933)