Sports premium grant
St Mary’s Fields has always given physical education and the promotion of healthy lifestyles a high profile across the school. This resulted in the school achieving the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2023/2024 academic year!
The school welcomed the Government’s announcement back in March 2013 that all primary schools would be receiving a sum of money known as Sports Premium. This gave St Mary’s Fields an opportunity to develop further our partnership with a sports specialist and to continue to up skill staff giving them both the subject knowledge and confidence to deliver excellent Physical Education sessions.
St Mary’s Fields Academy has received £20,186 in sports premium for this academic year 2024-2025. Please click below to see how it will be spent and its impact.
Evidencing the impact of Primary PE
Purpose of the Premium
This funding must be used to fund improvements to the provision of PE and sport, for the benefit of primary aged pupils.
The use of part of the PE and Sports Premium on our PE Coach to support the development of teaching and learning and sports participation is key to sustaining a legacy from this funding. The inspirational and guided work undertaken for our pupils by the coach in partnership with our staff has increased participation, skill levels and enjoyment
How has the Primary PE and Sport Premium been used to date and priorities for the coming year:
Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety
2023-2024 Swimming Data
48% – of the Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
40% of the Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]
16% of the Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
2022-2023 Swimming Data
51% – of the Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
51% of the Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]
51% of the Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
