Earlsheaton Infant School

The Sports Premium Funding is money given to each school in the UK to build on the Olympic 2012 legacy. Grants are given yearly, made up of two payments- one in Spring and one in Autumn.

At Earlsheaton Infants we spend the majority of our funding on independant sports coaching. These professional coaches, who are frequently based in our locality, work with classes during the school day to develop skills in dance, gym and games over the year. They also lead after school clubs which give children an opportunity to further develop the skills they have been introduced to in lesson time. As these are in sports that our staff don't have the skills to be able to offer we feel that it is an added benefit for our children as it widens the choice of after-school clubs from what we have traditionally been able to provide eg choir, art, recorder clubs etc. 

Impact

Although we do not currently formally assess progress in foundation subjects such as PE, we have anecdotal evidence from our regular coaches that children's skills and accuracy have improved over the last five years. We also know a small number of children have gone on to take up these sports in their spare time, particularly in Martial Arts, dance and football. 

The school staff have also benefitted from being able to observe the methods, games and approaches used by the coaches, and to adopt some of these in their PE sessions. This added benefit of CPD for staff has led to a reported increase in confidence when teaching PE and a re-invigoration of the PE curriculum.

We also use the grant to fund our annual summer Sports Week, where children are given the opportunity to take part in 'taster' sessions of a variety of different sports and activities. Previous weeks have included Street Dance, Golf, Rugby, Archery and even Circus Skills. The week culminates in a competitive sports event to which parents are invited to cheer on their children (and to take part in the parents races)!

Please click on the link to see how we have spent this year's funding so far.

Sports Premium Grant Financial Year 2018/19

Sports Premium Grant Financial Year 2017/18

Sports Premium Grant Financial Year 2016/17

Sports Premium Grant Financial Year 2015/16