Pupil and Sport Premiums
Physical Education & Sports Provision Impact Report
Executive Summary
In a small village primary school, physical education plays a crucial role in building confidence, physical health, and community links. By prioritizing specialized upskilling, critical water safety, and secondary school partnerships, the school provides a comprehensive PE curriculum that overcomes the limitations typical of small rural settings.
Provision & Impact
1. Sustainable Upskilling: Teacher Mentorship in Dance & PE
Instead of outsourcing physical education permanently to external providers, qualified coaches work alongside teaching staff during dance and general PE modules.
- Direct Impact: Teachers build long-term confidence and technical expertise in delivery.
- Sustainability: Ensures high-quality teaching persists beyond the presence of external coaches, creating a lasting legacy within the school's core curriculum.
2. Essential Life Skills: Universal Swimming Provision
Given the local geography—characterized by nearby rivers, open water, and drainage dykes—swimming and water safety are non-negotiable priorities.
- Direct Impact: 100% pupil participation ensures every child achieves key water safety competencies and swimming proficiency before transitioning to secondary school.
- Community Safety: Directly mitigates real-world local environmental risks, giving parents confidence regarding open-water hazards nearby.
3. Transition & Competition: Secondary School Partnerships
Small village schools often face challenges regarding competitive team sports due to smaller cohort sizes. Partnering with local secondary schools creates vital bridges.
- Inter-School Tournaments: Pupils participate in structured competitive fixtures, building teamwork, resilience, and sportsmanship.
- Transition Preparation: Regular exposure to secondary school facilities and staff eases anxiety surrounding Year 7 transition, fostering familiarity with larger educational environments.
Key Outcomes Summary
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Pupil Premium Information
What is the Pupil Premium?
The Pupil Premium is allocated to local authorities and schools with pupils on roll that are known to have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) at any time in the last six years, are looked after children or have parents serving in the armed forces. The funding allocation per pupil changes each year.
Our school has the freedom to spend the Pupil Premium, which is additional to the underlying schools budget, in a way we think will best address inequalities, tackle disadvantage and support the raising of attainment for our pupils.
A breakdown on how the Pupil Premium was spent last year including the impact of expenditure and our new provision plan for 2018 can be found in the document links on the right of this page.
Applying for Pupil Premium Funding
All Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils are now entitled to have free meals without it being dependent on family income. However, this makes it harder for us to find out which pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium. If you are in receipt of any of the benefits listed below then the school may be able to receive this extra funding:
- Income Support
- Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
- Income Related Employment & Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit, but not entitled to Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by HMRC) does not exceed £16,190
- Support under part VI of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
You can get a form from the school office to apply for the funding, or visit the Cambridgeshire County Council website.
If you are unsure of require any help filling in the form, them please do not hesitate to contact the school.
