Sports Premium Funding 2025 - 2026

How are we planning to spend our PE and sports grant this year?

At Cuerden Church we believe in providing our children with a broad and balanced PE curriculum which motivates them to lead healthy and active lifestyles. From the government this year, our school has received the allocated sports grant of £17,690. The children and staff will benefit from a PE curriculum which develops knowledge, skills and understanding. Specialist coaches will continue to lead intra-school competitions and the impact of progress will be supported by the Get Set 4 PE online assessment tool.

It is expected that schools will see an improvement in the following 5 indicators:

1. Increased confidence, knowledge & skills of all staff in teaching PE & Sport.
2. The engagement of all pupils in physical activity.
3. The profile of PE & Sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement.
4. Broader experience of a range of sports & activities offered to all pupils.
5. Increased participation in competitive sport.

Schools should also see continuing professional development (CPD) for staff as a key priority to ensure that the improvements of PE, sport and physical activity are sustainable.

From April 2025 to July 2026 the sports grant has been spent on:

1. Buying into the South Ribble Active Health Team Active Schools Offer:

• Mindful Movement coaching – Year 3 and Year 4
• Joy of Moving – Fundamental Movement Skills – Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3
• Dance coaching – Reception and Year 1
• Nutrition Mission – Year 4
• Gifted and Talented intervention – Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6

• Active Travel Programme, which includes:

-a ‘Dr Bike’ bus which will repair the children’s bicycles and scooters

-Tots on Tyres Level 1 (Balance Bikes) – Reception

-Tots on Tyres Level 2 (Pedal Bikes) – Reception

-Scoot Safe (to teach the children how to scoot safely to and from school) – Year 3

-Bikeability Levels 1 and 2 (to teach the children how to confidently ride their bikes on today’s roads) – Year 6

• Whole School Festivals which will take place half termly, providing opportunities for everyone to participate in intra-school competitions – handball, dance, sports hall athletics, yoga & mindfulness, cricket and rugby.
• After School Clubs ran by the South Ribble Active Health Team

• In the Summer Term, the whole school will also participate in the ‘Dance from the Heart’ roadshow. Staff and children from Year 5 will also be involved in a half-day leadership course to support the rest of the school in learning the dance routine.

• Cluster and whole-borough competitions and events which will take place half termly. Children will have the opportunity to participate in inter-school competitions alongside other local schools.

• Year 5 children and welfare staff will also participate in ‘Change 4 Life’ Playtime Leaders training.

• Year 4 children will also participate in ‘Active Travel’ Leader training.

Total cost of this coaching support is £6,760.

1. Staff will also participate in training to deliver PE and Sport.
2. Each class will have access to regular Outdoor Learning and orienteering-based physical activity. 

Other planned uses of the sports funding:

• New resources and equipment will be ordered for PE lessons, playtimes and Sports Day.

• Staff CPD – £1,000 approximately. 
• Transport to and from competitive events.
• Sports-themed activities to take place in school.
• Sports visitors.
• Additional extra-curricular clubs.
• Additional swimming provision for children in Year 6.
• Mental health and wellbeing resources – £1,000 approximately.
• Resources and equipment for Outdoor Learning and physical activity – £1,000 approximately. 

Impact of the sports funding:

• Further increased opportunities to participate in competitive sport and friendly matches.

• Opportunities to participate in a wider range of sports. All children will benefit from learning a wider variety of skills from expertise of qualified coaches.

• Improvement in the quality of teaching and learning across different aspects of PE.

A continued awareness amongst pupils about healthy and active lifestyles and the importance of being physically active.

• Opportunities for all children to be active at playtimes and lunchtimes. New Year 5 Play Leaders will be appointed and will lead C4L Club at playtimes and lunchtimes with welfare staff.

• Bikeability will develop Year 6 pupils’ proficiency to be road ready.

• Scoot Safe will enable Year 3 children to learn how to scoot safely to and from school.

• Extra-curricular clubs ran by specialist coaches to enhance a greater range of opportunities.

• Opportunities will be provided for children in Reception to attend cluster events.

• New Sports Council members will be appointed to discuss how to continue to raise the profile of PE and Sport around school. We aim to achieve the ‘Platinum’ School Games Mark again this year.

• ‘Pupil and staff voice’ interviews will continue to be carried out to discuss thoughts and views on PE and physical activity.

• There is evidence of more children joining out of school sports clubs and taking up new hobbies as a result of the coaching and experiences that they have received and been offered in school. We celebrate sporting achievements each Friday in our Achievements assembly along with the children’s names appearing on the weekly newsletter.

Swimming

Swimming and water safety remains an important part of the PE curriculum at our school as we believe that it is another way of helping children to lead healthy and active lifestyles. Schools have the responsibility to publish swimming data and we have used some of the sports grant for this.

This data shows how the children have met the National Curriculum expectations. By the end of Key Stage Two, children should be able to:

• Swim 25 metres.
• Use a variety of different strokes (e.g. breast stroke, back stroke, front crawl).
• Be able to perform a safe self-rescue.

Current swimming provision:

Throughout the academic year, pupils in Year 5 (Autumn to Spring) and Year 4 (Spring to Summer) attend weekly swimming lessons at the local leisure centre. During their weekly sessions, the children are grouped according to their ability and are taught to:

• Swim confidently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• Use a range of strokes.
• Perform a safe, self-rescue in different water situations.

The children will be assessed in the water at different stages throughout the year and data will also be received and reported on our website.

Of the current Year 6 cohort (Year 6 2025 – 2026):

These children have had weekly school swimming lessons in Year 4 & Year 5. They also had top-up swimming sessions provided by Pro Sport in February 2024. Any children who have not achieved 25m will receive further top-up sessions in Autumn Term 2025.

• 82.75% (24 out of 29 children) can swim competently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• 72.41% (21 out of 29 children) can perform a safe self-rescue.
• 72.41% (21 children) are water confident. 

Further improvement and development:

In the Autumn Term, children from Year 6 will attend weekly top-up sessions at the local leisure centre.