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PE & Sports Premium
At Marie Weller Primary School we place a great emphasis on developing PE and school sport opportunities for our children.
We want all children to leave our school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
We aim to achieve this by effective use of the School Sports Premium funding that we receive. The aims of this funding are:
- To develop the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity.
- To ensure the profile of PE and sport is being raised across the school.
- To increase confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- To provide a broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils.
- To increase participation in competitive sport.
'I have failed over and over again in my life, but that is why I succeed.' (Michael Jordan)
PE Curriculum
PE is an essential part of the curriculum and something we value highly here at Marie Weller.
High quality PE develops the fundamental skills required for children to go on and enjoy a healthy and active lifestyle, giving them the tools required to access a range of physical activities and sports.
It is a crucial part of building self-confidence and self-esteem and may be an opportunity for different pupils to shine.
Our PE Curriculum will allow Key Stage 1 to focus on multi-skills using a wide range of equipment and games. This will prepare the children for applying and further developing these skills through more sport specific lessons in Key Stage 2.
School Sports Clubs
We always work hard to provide a wide variety of sports clubs for the children that take place before and after school. These would not be possible without the dedicated staff who give up their own time to provide these for the children. The clubs do change with seasons and are in line with many of the local sporting competitions that are held each year.
Over the course of this year we aim to provide the following:
Football, Dance, Multiskills, Dodgeball, Gymnastics and probably a few others too!
For further information please visit the extra-curricular clubs section of our website.
PE and sport premium 2025 to 2026
Funding received: £17,240
How it was spent
| Area of spending | Amount |
|---|---|
| External coaching staff | £8,037 |
| Entering external school sports competitions | £2,316 |
| Extra-curricular opportunities | £2,062 |
| Equipment and resources | £2,560 |
| Membership and subscription fees | £980 |
| Staff CPD | £750 |
| CPD to upskill staff to deliver swimming lessons | £460 |
| Activities organised by the School Games Organiser network | £75 |
| Total | £17,240 |
The full allocation was spent during the year, with none carried forward.
Within this spending we targeted specific improvements to opportunities in PE, sport and physical activity for children with SEND, and to increase and improve girls’ access to PE lessons and to extra-curricular sport.
Impact on participation and attainment
Participation is tracked through Get Set 4 PE, the planning and assessment platform our trust moved to this year, which allows us to see exactly which children are taking part and which are not.
Every child in Key Stage 1 and Lower Key Stage 2 was invited to represent the school at a sports event during 2025/26, and every child invited took part.
Across the year, 63% of our children attended at least one extracurricular sports club, 62% in Key Stage 1 and 63% in Lower Key Stage 2.
Spending was targeted at the children least likely to take part. We purchased additional equipment so that children with SEND can take a full part in PE lessons, and to support the movement breaks and sensory circuits that many of our children use to help with emotional regulation. We set up a dance zone at lunchtimes and used Sport 4 All to run targeted lunchtime clubs for small groups of children who find emotional regulation and social interaction difficult. Our Forest School provision continued to develop with new resources, and our Year 4 children took part in paddle boarding, which for many was a real test of confidence.
We know that some children still choose not to attend sports events, and that these are most often children with SEND, particularly neurodivergent children who find unfamiliar venues and unpredictable events difficult. Next year we will run satellite events in school, with target games such as boccia, kurling and archery, so that those children can take part in familiar surroundings with adults they know. We are also introducing inter-house competitions, with a target of one per term.
Sustainability
This is the final year of the PE and sport premium in its current form, so we have focused spending on improvements that continue without it. Our Forest School leaders are trained members of our own staff and will continue to lead that provision. The member of staff trained this year to teach school swimming remains with us and can deliver swimming without external cost. The equipment and resources purchased this year stay in school and will be used for several years to come. Our membership of trust and cluster sports events gives us a route to competitive sport that does not depend on the grant.
Swimming
Schools are asked to publish the percentage of Year 6 children who can swim 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively, and perform safe self-rescue. Marie Weller Primary School does not yet have a Year 6 cohort. Our oldest children are in Year 5 in 2026/27 and our first Year 6 cohort starts in September 2027, so we will publish these figures for the first time at the end of the 2027/28 school year.
Swimming is well underway before then. Children swim in Years 3, 4 and 5. As of summer 2026, 52% of our Year 3 children and 54% of our Year 4 children can swim 25 metres, and we have trained a member of our own staff to teach school swimming so that we can increase pool time for those who are not yet confident.
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