Primary Sport Premium Funding
Primary schools receive specific funding which is to be spent on improving the provision of Physical Education and sport for the benefit of pupils so that they develop healthy lifestyles.
At Bishop William Ward the annual grant we receive is £17,680. This money is being used to:
- fund sports coaches to work within the school, delivering high quality PE lessons.
- provide additional after school sports clubs, including football and multi-sports activities.
- engage more widely in local inter-school events, leagues and competitions.
- Purchase resources to increase access to a more diverse range of sport on offer in PE lessons, including archery, golf and tennis.
- make significant improvements to the outdoor space, building a Multi-use Games Area in order to facilitate more effective PE lessons and increase sporting activity during break times.
This has provided the school with increased opportunities to engage and enthuse children in sporting activities. Sporting coaches bring greater expertise to the school and the impact on the children’s enthusiasm and understanding of healthy lifestyles has been evidenced in the uptake and demand for after school sporting clubs. Teachers have worked alongside coaches to develop their own skills with regard to delivering high quality PE lessons.
Swimming
The Department for Education requires us to report specifically on how many pupils within our Year 6 cohort meet 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. At the end of 2024-25, 72% of our Year 6 cohort met this requirement.