The Government have been providing Sports Premium funding since 2013/14. This funding is provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport and sees money coming directly into primary schools. Head teachers are to spend the money on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children within their own setting.

Grundisburgh Primary's Sports Premium funding allocation for the academic year 2024-2025 was £17,370. In 2025-2026 we will expect to receive £17,645.

Purpose of Funding

Schools are to spend the funding on improving their provision of PE and school sport, but we have the freedom to choose how we do this.

The DfE expect all pupils leaving primary school to be physically literate and equipped with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary for them to engage in a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport. They would like to see... 

• The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick-starting healthy active lifestyles. Primary School pupils should undertake at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day, of which at least 30 minutes should be in school
• The profile of PE and sport being 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

How did Grundisburgh Primary School spend the money for the 2024/25 academic year? How has it impacted upon pupils' PE, physical activity, and sport participation and attainment? 

• We trained our year 6 children as play leaders. This meant that they could deliver purposeful, physical activities to younger pupils.
• We bought into the OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning Scheme) and had our initial meetings. We are looking forward to putting OPAL into practise in our play next year.
• We audited our in school provision and analysed those pupils whom were less engaged. We completed pupil perceptions and invested in new equipment to broaden the offer of sports provision.
• Raised the status and profile of PE through whole school events such as the cycle / scoot to school week, walk to school week and displays in school showcasing physical activity children and teachers do outside of school to inspire.
• We continued to work hard on raising the status of PE and sport in Grundisburgh Primary School and we received recognition from the School Games Team for our continued sporting participation throughout the year but also for a period of time. We now have our Platinum School Games Award which is only achieved after four successive Golds. 
• We worked towards and gained our Gold Healthy Schools Award the previous year and continued to uphold standards for this because the award is updated biennially.

Impact of the academic year 2024/25s expenditure?

• Standards of teaching have improved even further. Increased confidence of teachers to teach areas highlighted as needing enhancing eg. dance.
• Greater participation in inter and intra school sports. More emphasis is put on the importance of this and achieving Personal Bests and we are actively participating in the different categories of develop and compete. We took part in a wide variety including football, cricket, cross-country and Quad Kids (Athletics). We ensure and monitor equal opportunities for all.
• Children more active in and out of school – Play Leaders has helped to increase the participation of our younger children in active play at lunchtimes and it is also good to see them engaging with their older peers.
• The health of our children and their participation in school sports (and indeed sports they attend outside of the school arena) continues to be monitored closely and gaps identified and closed, including monitored for vulnerable group attendance and sports pathways.
• We have purchased OPAL which will have an impact in the next academic year, 2025-26.

How does Grundisburgh Primary School plan to spend the funding for the Academic year 2025/26?

- We will follow the OPAL programme to introduce more active playtimes and lunchtimes. We will be supported by our OPAL mentor to transform play into play that is thought about, planned for, well resourced and staffed.

- The school will continue to focus on the professional development of staff. One of the key strands of the sports funding is to develop the skills of our school staff so that the quality of PE and sport that is delivered will continue to be excellent and further enhanced. This is an area which will be the most sustainable and have the biggest impact as a lasting legacy for the school. Teachers will attend courses to upskill in areas of need. Working in this way helps to develop teacher confidence and expertise and will ensure that Grundisburgh Primary School always delivers High Quality PE Teaching. Staff will be asked in the Autumn term what areas they feel they need additional training in. 

- We will continue to raise participation in school competitions and will sign up for as many competitions as feasible. We will ensure maximum participation to these so that all children who would like to take part have access to the competitions. We are liaising with Ali Furlong from the School Games Team regularly to ensure engagement. We enable all children to have the opportunity to represent their school during their school life. 

- We are focusing on upskilling all of our teachers so that progress, momentum and enjoyment in PE can continue even when there is no longer Sports Premium money being received by the school. We are confident that as a school we value PE and the impact that it has on the child as a whole and this will therefore always remain an important priority for the school. Largely our sporting clubs are run by sustainable sources including skilled parents. 

- Encourage more children to walk, cycle and scoot to school (during a survey undertaken 54% said they had travelled to school by car). Investigate this further at various times during the year eg. is this a genuine daily statistic or was this an anomaly due to the weather? Continue to take part in initiatives such as Walk to School week.

- Maintain Platinum School Games Award.

- Maintain Healthy Schools Gold Award

How are we helping children to develop a healthy, active lifestyle?

This year we will be aiming to maintain our Platinum Healthy Schools status, the highest a school can achieve. We will analyse the data from the Active Lives Survey (completed the previous year) and use this to further improve.  We will also work closely with our Catering team to ensure balanced, healthy meals are provided with a wide variety of choice, consulting the children on the development of the menus also. We are now looking to enhance our provision for cooking and growing even further and will be growing things to be used in the school kitchen. 

Transforming our playtimes with OPAL will encourage children to be more active and promote a love of play and physical activity in turn.

We are also enhancing our Outdoor Learning provision even further now that we have two members of Forest Schools trained staff.

How will these improvements be sustainable in the future?

At Grundisburgh we are careful to plan improvements that will be sustainable in the future, being mindful that the Sports Premium will undoubtedly not be ongoing forever. We ensure for example that where specialist teachers are employed, the staff are upskilled alongside these lessons so that this legacy would be able to continue, should the funding no longer be provided. We ensure that we use the Sports Premium for areas that make improvements, not just for our children now, but will be able to be utilised for years to come. Our most recent example of this is OPAL. We are just starting our OPAL journey but what we put into place now will have a lasting legacy for the children for years to come and once set up will be sustainable as a model to continue.

Swimming at Grundisburgh

Swimming is an important skill and can encourage a healthy and active lifestyle.  In  accordance with the National Curriculum, schools must provide swimming instruction  either in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2.

The programme of study for PE sets out the expectation that 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

The 2024-25 Sports Premium has been reported on via a Digital Online system as per DfE instruction. Please see below for the submissions. 

PE and Sports Premium Digital Reporting Tool

- School Specifics

- Declarations

- Funding allocation

- Grant spending

- Opportunities and impact

PE and Sports Premium Monitoring Tool 2025-26