Amount Scheduled for Academic Year: £17,820 + £1,242 = £19,062

Carry forward from academic year 2023/2024: £1,242 (due to invoice being submitted late – August)

• Purchasing of a table tennis and the installations of the foundations - £2,230

• Active playground equipment - £2,300

• Hiring of local sports Centre for increased facilities and equipment - £200

• Active play leader at lunchtimes - £2,840

• PE scheme of work to help staff teach PE and sport more effectively - £500

• Specialist qualified sports coaches to increase confidence, knowledge and skills in the teaching of PE and sport - £3,450

• Lunchtime sporting clubs for increased engagement of pupils in regular physical activity - £1,390

• Offsite activities for children in Year 3 to promote additional ‘outdoor and adventurous challenge’ activities - £900

• Entry fees for sporting competitions & sports affiliations - £290

• Running sporting competitions to increase pupils’ participation within a competitive sport against other local primary schools and inter-house - £462
• Outdoor learning opportunities for all pupils to promote a good mental health, and for children to participate in outdoor learning tasks which have increased physical activity - £4,500

Amount Received (Academic Year 2023/24): £17,850

Total Spent 2023/24: £16,608 +£1,242*

*Invoice did not arrived before the end of the academic year, although provision took place in the summer term of 2024

 

At Downsway Primary we have used the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of our PE, physical activity and sport we provide. We have built capacity and capability at Downsway to ensure that improvements which have been made this year are sustainable and will benefit pupils joining the school in future years.

Raised profile of PE/Sport

The profile of PE/sport and the importance of the children having good mental health continues to be raised across the school through the provision and opportunities we have provided our pupils at Downsway Primary School.   In addition, we have shared this with our parents/carers via our newsletters and with all our pupils during whole school assemblies.  As a result, it has acted as an additional motivator for our pupils to do well in lessons as our pupils are keen to be selected to represent Downsway at sporting competitions and to take part in the opportunities available.

• Purchased equipment and resources to further enable staff to teach PE as effectively as possible.
• Provided the children with lunchtime football club.
• Whole school sporting events, such as Race for Life, sports day, Santa Dash, etc.
• PE sessions with specialist coaches.
• PSHE curriculum.
• Hiring of local sports centre for increased facilities.
• Organised transport so that we could transport children to and from competitions/opportunities.
• Take part in a range of external sporting competitions.
• Take part in inter-house competition. 
• Children and staff sporting competitions, such as netball.
• Dance workshops linked to books.
• Aaron Phipps, Paralympian talks.

Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport

Specialist qualified sports coaches have worked with our teachers and some teaching assistants and as a result our staff have reported that they have increased confidence and knowledge to deliver high quality PE lessons within the area they have been supported in.  We have had specialist coaches in for;

• Didi Rugby
• Cricket
• Parkour

In addition, Get Set 4 PE scheme of work has been purchased.  As a result, it has increased staff confidence, further developed skills and assessment opportunities when teaching PE. Furthermore we have trained a member of staff as a swimming teacher to be able to support with the teaching of curriculum swimming lessons.

Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils

Pupils at Downsway Primary school have experienced a broader range of sports and increased number of sporting activities, which would not be possible without the sport premium funding.  These opportunities have resulted in increased active pupils’ participation and include;

• Football tournaments
• Netball tournaments
• Cricket tournament
• Cross Country running competitions
• Athletics competition
• Lunchtime ‘Active Play’ worker
• Badminton sessions at local sports centre
• Outdoor adventurous activity days

These experiences are in addition to the sporting clubs we already have at Downsway Primary school, not through the Sports Premium, including;

• Judo
• Football
• Netball
• Multi Sports
• Street Dance
• Cross Country running
• Adventurous outdoor activities (Year 6 residential trip – 5 days)
• Bikeability – Level 1 and Level 2
• Parkour

The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity

• Lunchtime ‘Active Play’ worker
• Outdoor playground equipment to promote physical activity at break and lunch times
• Active playground markings
• Weekly PE lessons
• Lunchtime football club

Increased participation in competitive sport

For Downsway’s pupils, there has been increased participation in the number of competitive matches and tournaments, including paying to hire a minibus to transport the children to and from some sporting competitions. 

Football:

• Years 3 & 4 football tournament against local primary schools
• Years 5 & 6 girls football tournament at Beansheaf Community Centre
• Years 3 & 4 girls football tournament at Beansheaf Community Centre
• Year 5/6 football game against Spurcroft
• Years 5 & 6 football at Westwood Farm School
• Years 5 & 6 Bill McIlvride Cup football tournament
• Years 5 & 6 girls indoor football tournament at Trinity School
• Years 5 & 6 girls indoor football finals at Trinity School

Netball:

• Netball league against local primary schools
• Netball league finals against West Berks primary schools
• Years 4 to 6 netball skills, drills and match play with Long Lane Primary School

Cricket:

• Year 6 cricket tournament against local primary schools at The Attrium

Rounders:

• Year 6 rounders competition against local West Berks primary schools

Cross Country Running:

• Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 West Berks & North Hants Primary Cross Country Championships

Athletics:

• Years 5 & 6 Tilehurst Olympics (Athletics) at Palmer Park

Tag Rugby:

• Year 6 tag rugby competition at Long Lane Primary School

All pupils at Downsway Primary School will typically receive swimming lessons in Year 4.  We currently use the swimming pool at Bradfield Sports Complex and qualified swimming instructors.

Schools are required to publish information on the percentage of their pupils in Year 6 who met each of the three swimming and water safety national curriculum requirements:

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

 

	Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres	Use a range of strokes effectively	Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
2023 – 2024	58%	6%	65%
	6%