Sports Premium
The Government is currently committed to providing funding to schools specifically targeted at supporting the development of PE in schools. This funding – provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport – is allocated to primary school head teachers. This funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools. At Lady Elizabeth Hastings’ we receive approximately £17,000 annually.
Our latest Sports Premium Funding Report can be found here:
PE and Sports Premium Report 2021-2022
PE and Sports Premium Report 2023-2024
A proportion of the funding is used to fund our involvement in sports projects, promoting physical activity and other inter-school competitions. The benefits are several:
- Children access competitive sports, including inter-school competitions, across a number of sports
- Taster days are provided for class groups to experience new sports and to begin to develop skills in that area
- Enabling Bikeability training off site to promote safe bike travel
The largest proportion of this funding is used to fund our Sports Coaching. The benefits of this approach are several:
- The children receive the direct benefit of high quality small group PE teaching provided by Leeds United Foundation professional coaches
- Children have access to more after school Sports clubs
- Children have access to specialist coaching in preparation for inter-school competitions
- Staff have access to regular sports training through observation of professional coaching staff
The rest of the funding is used:
- to purchase resources and training to increase levels of physical activity
- to fund specific external CPD for PE
- to fund access to a professional Forest School teacher
- To provide 'top-up' swimming lessons for children with limited access