Unlocking Potential: How the PE and Sport Premium Can Transform Your School, partnered with support from 14 Sports Coaching! 🚀
Have you heard? PE and Sport Premium grants have been given the green light for the next Academic year 🎉
In today's fast-paced world, ensuring our children lead healthy, active lives is more crucial than ever. The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily for most children and young people 🏃♀️💨, with 20 minutes for those with disabilities. As parents, educators, and community members, we all play a part in fostering this. And for primary schools, the Department for Education (DfE) has a fantastic tool to help: the PE and Sport Premium! 💰
This isn't just about ticking a box; it's about embedding a love for movement and sport that can last a lifetime. High-quality PE and sport provision, alongside a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, can dramatically improve children's health 💪, wellbeing 😊, personal development 🌱, and even their academic results 📚.
At 14 Sports Coaching, we're passionate about supporting schools in making the most of this invaluable resource, transforming their PE and sport offerings and, ultimately, the lives of their pupils. 🤍
What is the PE and Sport Premium All About?
Simply put, the PE and Sport Premium is government funding provided to primary schools to help them make "additional and sustainable improvements" to the PE, sport, and physical activity they offer. It’s designed to ensure all children have equal access 🤝 to fantastic PE provision and a broad spectrum of sports and physical activities, aiming for at least two hours of high-quality PE and sport each week, complemented by extensive extracurricular options. 🌟
Crucially, this funding isn't for your everyday school expenses. It's specifically for enhancements that build lasting capability within the school. Think of it as an investment in a healthier, more active future for your pupils. 📈
Key Aims of the Premium:
Boost Activity: Help children meet the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. 🤸
Equal Access: Ensure both boys and girls have fair opportunities in sport. 👧👦
Skilled Teachers: Equip teachers with the confidence and knowledge to deliver excellent PE. 👩🏫👨🏫
Sustainable Improvements: Create lasting positive changes in PE, sport, and physical activity. ✅
Making the Most of Your Premium: Strategic Spending
The DfE highlights five key areas where the premium should be focused to achieve the best results:
Increased Staff Confidence and Knowledge: Empowering your teachers to deliver outstanding PE. ✨
Increased Pupil Engagement: Getting all children excited about and involved in physical activity. 🎉
Raised Profile of PE and Sport: Making sport a central part of your school's ethos. 🏆
Broader and More Equal Experience: Offering a diverse range of sports and activities to all. 🌍
Increased Participation in Competitive Sport: Encouraging healthy competition and teamwork. 🏅
So, how can schools achieve these aims? The DfE provides some excellent examples: active travel 🚶♀️🚴, targeted support for less active children 🎯, ensuring equal access to all sports 🌐, professional development (CPD) for staff 🎓, extracurricular opportunities 🏫, and engaging competitions 🥇.
How 14 Sports Coaching Can Be Your Partner in Excellence
This is where 14 Sports Coaching truly shines. As a team of qualified and experienced Sports Coaches, we are perfectly positioned to help your school utilise the PE and Sport Premium effectively and sustainably. Our services align directly with the DfE's recommendations, focusing on building lasting capability within your school.
Here’s how 14 Sports Coaching can provide invaluable support:
👉 Elevating Staff Confidence and Skills (CPD): The DfE specifically mentions that it is "acceptable to engage the expertise of external coaches to provide teachers with the confidence and necessary skills to be able to deliver high-quality PE and sport." This is our forte! We offer tailored Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for your teaching staff. Our coaches can:
Co-deliver PE lessons: Working alongside your teachers, we can model best practices, share engaging activities, and provide real-time feedback, empowering your staff to confidently lead PE lessons. 🍎
Offer Mentoring and Support: Our coaches can provide ongoing mentoring and support to your PE lead or individual teachers, helping them to plan, deliver, and assess high-quality PE. 🤝
👉 Increasing Pupil Engagement and Broadening Experiences: We can deliver a wide range of engaging and inclusive sports and physical activities, catering to all abilities and interests.
Curriculum Enrichment: While core curriculum teaching is funded by the school's main budget, we can provide specialist coaching to enrich your PE curriculum, introducing new sports and activities that your staff might not be confident in delivering, thus broadening your pupils' experiences. 🏀
Extracurricular Clubs: We can run a diverse array of after-school clubs, from football and basketball to gymnastics and multi-skills, encouraging greater participation and providing opportunities for children to explore new sports. This directly supports the DfE's aim of offering "extra-curricular opportunities for children to enable them to access other sporting activities or specialist sport instruction." ⚽🤸♀️
👉 Boosting Competitive Opportunities & Specialist Support: We can support your school in participating in local competitions 🏟️ and even organise engaging inter-house events. Our coaches are also adept at adapting activities to ensure all children can fully access and enjoy PE and sporting activities. 🌟
At 14 Sports Coaching, we pride ourselves on:
👉 Qualified Professionals: All our coaches are fully qualified, hold enhanced DBS checks, and have up-to-date safeguarding and first aid certifications. ✅
👉 Experience: We have a proven track record of working successfully with primary schools, understanding their unique needs and challenges. 🏫
👉 Sustainable Impact: Our focus is on building the long-term capacity of your school and staff, not just providing a temporary service. We aim to empower your teachers to confidently lead high-quality PE independently. 🌳
👉 Bespoke Solutions: We work closely with your school to understand your specific goals and tailor our services to meet them. 🎯
The PE and Sport Premium is a fantastic opportunity for your school to make a real difference in the lives of your pupils. By partnering with 14 Sports Coaching, you're not just buying in a service; you're investing in the health, wellbeing, and overall development of your children, while simultaneously empowering your staff to deliver outstanding PE for years to come. 🎁
Let's work together to create a generation of active, confident, and healthy young people! 🥳 Contact 14 Sports Coaching today to discuss how we can work together to help your school unlock its full sporting potential.