What is the Sports Premium?

The Government has provided funding to primary school head teachers which must be used to improve the quality of sport and PE provision for all of their children. The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools. 

Purpose of funding:

Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.

Vision:

All pupils need to leave primary school physically literate, with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.

Objective:

To achieve self-sustaining improvements in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools.

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

1.  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.
2.  The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement.
3.  Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
4.  Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils.
5.  Increased participation in competitive sport.

PE and school sport play an increasingly important role in the lives of children and staff at Moat House Primary School. We believe that PE and school sport contribute to the development of our children. Through increased sporting participation, our children are able to build on their previous knowledge and learn important life skills which support our school values to value respect and support one another in achieving our full potential.

Specifically, our three main aims for this year are:

• To raise fitness levels of all children in the school
• To improve the knowledge and expertise of staff, ensuring they are confident and competent when delivering PE lessons.
• To develop the fundamental movement skills of all children in order to increase participation in school sporting activities.

The Governors agree that the money must be used so that: all children benefit from quality PE provision regardless of their sporting ability; staff have access to training opportunities and continued professional development and all children are given the opportunity to participate in competitive sport and all children are given the opportunity to take part in extra-curricular sports clubs.

Moat House Primary School received a Government grant of £19,426 for the academic year 2023/24. We have carried forward a total of £3,743 from the academic year 2022/23. Therefore, the total available spend for the academic 2023/24 academic year is £23,169. This funding has been made available to assist the school in improving the provision and quality of PE and sporting activities on offer to the pupils. 

Competitions and sports participation for 2024-25

Dodgeball     In October, we participated in a Year 4 dodgeball tournament where we came third out of nineteen schools; children all received certificates and medals. The following week we entered a team into the Year 5 dodgeball tournament, again competing with nineteen teams. The team enjoyed taking part and were great ambassadors for the school. Every child who took part was given a certificate.

Football     Our first football match of the season was against local rivals St Patrick's. The team played really well and won 8 nil. We followed this up with an 8-3 win away at Joseph Cash in the Cup in November. The team played really well and there was some lovely passing football. A special mention for Bradley and Max who both scored 4 goals!

Our next match was another relatively comfortable 6 nil victory against Henley Green; we look forward to the fixtures resuming in the new year when the evenings are lighter again.

Indoor athletics     Our Year 6 children took part in a Sports Hall Athletics Competition on 27th November. The children participated in a range of events, including: relay races, javelin, long jump, triple jump and speed bounce. The team performed fantastically and managed to win lots of the events, including the six lap relay race, which was won with an exceptional performance by Panashe and Munirah! Overall, we finished in third place! Not only were they amazing at the events, they also demonstrated brilliant sportsmanship throughout the day and were very good at cheering on their team mates. Well done Year 6.

Please see the links below to learn more about the sporting opportunities available to the children at Moat house.

Competitions and sports participation for 2023-24

We entered into the School Games organisation for Coventry East to enable children to take part in a range of sporting competitions.