PE and Sports Premium

The use of and proposed impact/effect of primary PE and Sports Premium at Sherwood Foundation School 2025-2026

Background:

The PE and sport premium should be used for funding:

support all children and young people to live healthy, active lives
make participation in PE and school sport easier
make sure all children can achieve and thrive through increased physical activity and sport, no matter their background or ability
improve children’s health, wellbeing, personal development and academic attainment
embed the foundations of positive and enjoyable participation in regular physical activity.

Allocation:

Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. For the academic year 2025- 2026 Sherwood Foundation School will receive an amount of £16,530 with additional £1,818.92 carried over from last year.

How will we be spending the Sports Premium funding:

We believe in a holistic approach to the development of sport and physical activity for all. We intend to use this Sports Premium to continue and boost our sports provision, through further enhancement of our PE curriculum and our Extended Schools provision. This will help to ensure that our pupils are given every opportunity to be healthy, confident and with support, take part in a range of sports thus raising participation and achievement for all.

It will enable the school to provide funding for:

Specialist dance coach from ‘Radiate’ (SPC/SHC)
A Crystal Palace Football in the Community coach (SPC)
Horse riding in Diamond Centre (SPC)
Bouldering sessions at the Yellow Spider Centre (SHC)
Inclusive cycling sessions (SHC)
One off events, for example, cycling and Eco- Cycling sessions, bowling (SPC/SHC)
Sporting Equipment (SPC/SHC/SMC)
Maintenance of sporting equipment (including servicing of school cycles and swimming equipment) (SPC/SHC/SMC)
Organisation of Sports Day (SPC/SHC/SMC)
Purchase of additional resources to enhance pupils experience (SPC/SHC)

We aim to:

Increase engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sport
Provide pupils with a range of opportunities to experience different sporting and physical activities, including horse riding, swimming, cycling and climbing.
Raise the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
Provide an annual thematic day based on ‘Sports Activities’ /an all-inclusive Sports Day.
Increase all staff’s confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport
Staff to model best practice by observing/supporting during activities delivered by specialists (football and dance teacher coaches)
Offer a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils
Provide our pupils with a greater range of physical activities that these pupils do not always have the opportunity to access
Increase the provision of Dance sessions in curriculum time
Increase access to the swimming pool to ensure that all Sherwood Park pupils are able to swim regularly.
To support regular swimming by ensuring that support staff are available to assist.
Increase participation in competitive sport.

Impact/Effect:

We will measure the impact/effect of the activities provided through Sports Premium funding by:

Monitoring the numbers of pupils involved in sporting activities during curriculum and break time.
Monitoring the number of pupils that participate in sporting competitions and their achievements. This will be evident from the number of awards/certificates and medals pupils win
Monitoring each pupil’s progress in their ‘Physical’ and ‘Social and Emotional’ Personalised Learning Programme Targets/ Outcomes
Gaining feedback from school staff and external coaches

Year 6 Swimming competency statement

Pupils at Sherwood Foundation School continue to work towards developing their confidence, and proficiency at swimming at least 25 metres in the pool. So far none of our Year 6 pupils can swim 25 metres, use a range of strokes or perform safe and self-rescue in different water based situations. This is a result of their developmental and physical delay.

Dee Lawlor (AHT- Sherwood Hill Campus), Luka Dus (AHT- Sherwood Park Campus), Rebecca Tomlin (AHT- Sherwood Manor Campus)

Updated: September 2025