The Sports Grant is given to school to promote physical education and competitive sport. This is a report on how we intend to spend the grant in 2020/21 and the impact it will have on the school. This report is also available to download.
Overview of the school:
| Number of Pupils and total Sports Grant received |
| Total number of pupils on roll |
388 |
| Total amount of Sports Grant received |
£ 19,909 |
| Nature of Expenditure 2020/21 |
| Planned Expenditure |
|
| Affiliation to Blackburn Schools' Sports Association |
£200 |
| Access to competition SLA through BPSSA |
£950 |
| Sports Equipment: refurbishment of equipment (including mile a day and orienteering courses) |
£1,000 |
| Sports Coach (Mr P. Eastwood) |
£13,529 |
| Specialised Sports Coach: gymnastics, dance, dodgeball |
£4,230 |
Curriculum Focus of Sports Grant Expenditure 2020-21
The school will continue to focus or develop in the following areas:
- Continue to work on Multi-skills and fitness and stamina of reception and Key Stage One pupils
- Post-lockdown– promote use of PE and Sport to support mental health and well being
- Continue to increase and maintain pupil participation in competitive sport with our disabled pupils and Key Stage One pupils; due to Covid-19 competitive sport may take place as virtual events
- Increase participation in a wide range of inter schools competitive sport across the age range (virtual events)
- Employ the skills and expertise of Sports coach to deliver coaching and support teaching (2 days a week)
- Promote positive sporting behaviours using the hands, heart and head principles and link to teacher assessment
- Continue to Identify and increase participation pupils of accessing sport or who are sports ‘shy’.
- Maintain and improve the teaching of dance, orienteering and gymnastics
- Consolidate break gender barriers and attitudes by Increasing the participation of boys in gymnastics and girls in football and cricket
Sports Grant Expenditure Success Criteria 2019-20
- School’s contribution to BPSSA ensures access to competitions across the age range
- Lessons show the use of sport to promote physical and mental well being and this has positive impact on pupils
- Increased participation in KS1 competition (virtual or at ‘live’ events)
- Maintain participation in SEND Football Tournament, BOCCIA , SEND Paralympics and cricket events (virtual)
- Continued active participation in inter-school competitions at all key stages (virtual or ‘live’ events
- Continuous improvement in the teaching and learning in gymnastics, dance and orienteering
- Pupils display sporting behaviours expected of them in intra-sport, inter-school and on the playground, consistently
- Increased male participation in gymnastics at KS2 and increased participation of girls at KS2 in cricket and football