PE and Sport Premium

At Whitehall Park School we recognise the contribution of PE to the health and well-being of the children. We believe that an innovative, varied PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement all our children.

The government has provided additional funding of over Β£450 million in the last few years to improve physical education. Our Primary School Sport’s funding has enabled us to continue and extend our provision through employing additional sports coaches during PE sessions, contributing to the range of After School clubs provided, such as Ballet, Football and Athletics, as well as training our staff to deliver high quality PE and Games sessions.

Primary School Sports Funding

Information about the Government initiative for funding sport in primary schools can be found at: http://www.education.gov.uk

What is the Sports Premium?

The government is providing funding of Β£150 million per annum. The funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and the money goes directly to primary school Headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. Each school will receive Β£8,000 plus an extra Β£5 per pupil (Year 1 – Year 6) each year – at Whitehall Park School that is around Β£8,590 a year.

Purpose of the funding

Schools have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they have the freedom to choose how they do this. You can read here, how we used our funding last year.