Funding
Total amount allocated for 2023/24 – £18,168.22
Swimming Data
Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety.
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?
75%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?
66%
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?
75%
Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way?
No
Key Priorities and Planning
1. Balanceability
Who does this action impact?
- Reception children Reception teachers
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children will grow in confidence and develop the balance needed to learn to ride a pedal bike.
- Sustainability: Teachers/TAs will be more confident to deliver effective and safe balance activities using the HPA balance bikes.
Cost linked to the action: £1,080 (for 60 children to take part).
2. Gymnastics CPD for teachers
Who does this action impact?
- HPA teachers.
- Y1 – Y6
- 12 teachers
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- The children from Y1-6 have benefitted from expert gymnastic coaching.
- Sustainability: Teachers will be more confident to deliver effective and safe gymnastics activities and use the range of gymnastics equipment effectively.
Cost linked to the action: £3,000 (for 12 teachers to take part).
3. ECT sports CPD
Who does this action impact?
- Early Career Teachers
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children will receive high quality PE provision.
- Sustainability: New teachers will have the confidence and understanding of how to deliver high quality PE teaching
Cost linked to the action: £120 (for 3 sessions of support).
4. Sports Week
Who does this action impact?
- Whole school
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children will have the opportunity to experience a range of different sporting activities with different coaches.
Cost linked to the action: £4000 (to cover cost of coaches coming into school to deliver activities and to cover supply teachers to release teachers to deliver activities).
5. Primary PE conference
Who does this action impact?
- PE leaders and teachers
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- PE leaders will attend the PE conference to gain new ideas and initiatives that can then be brought back to school. This will be shared with teachers so they benefit from the conference too.
Cost linked to the action: £700 (to cover costs of the course and supply cover to release the teachers).
6. Extra curricular clubs
Who does this action impact?
- Whole school
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- School staff and external coaches will deliver a range of clubs after school and at lunch time.
Cost linked to the action: £1,750
7. Sports affiliations (Affiliation to AfPE and football)
Who does this action impact?
- Teachers
- Children
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children will have the opportunity to attend a range of competitions as we are part of the football affiliation.
Cost linked to the action: £300.
8. SGO School games competitions
Who does this action impact?
- Children
- Staff attending competitions
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children are given opportunities to represent their school in a wide variety of sports competitions.
- Sustainability: Staff will develop a better knowledge and understanding of a range of sports and fun activities/competitions that can be organised in school.
Cost linked to the action: £500 to cover competitions that have an entry fee..
9. Staffing costs to release teachers to attend sporting events.
Who does this action impact?
- Children
- Staff attending competitions
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children are given opportunities to represent their school in a wide variety of sports competitions
- Sustainability: Staff will develop a better knowledge and understanding of a range of sports and fun activities/competitions that can be organised in school.
Cost linked to the action: £3,700.
10. LAT sports events including travel
Who does this action impact?
- Children
- Staff attending competitions
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities.
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children are given opportunities to represent their school in a wide variety of sports competitions
- Sustainability: Staff will develop a better knowledge and understanding of a range of sports and fun activities/competitions that can be organised in school.
Cost linked to the action: £1,250.
11. Tennis Coaching at Hartley Country Club
Who does this action impact?
- Children and staff in Y1-Y6
Key indicator to meet
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key Indicator 3: Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
- Key indicator 5: Increased participation in competitive sport
Impacts and how sustainability will be achieved?
- Children will have the opportunity to experience high quality tennis activities and play on actual tennis courts.
- Sustainability: Teachers/TAs will be more confident to deliver effective and safe tennis activities.
Cost linked to the action: £2,362
2023 - 2024 Key Achievements
Activity/ Action
Sports clubs provided throughout the year:
- Drumfit club Y1/2
- Benchball club Y5/6
- Football club Y5/6
- Skipping club YR/1/2
- Netball club Y4/5/6
- Cricket club Y3/4/5/6
- Gymnastics club Y1/2/3/4/5/6
- Running club Y3/4/5/6
- Bhangra Dancing Y3/4/5/6
Impact
Y5/6 football clubs were very well attended. These were open to both boys and girls. Four Y5 boys were selected to trial for the Gravesham district team and two boys were selected to represent Gravesham for the 24/25 season.
Girls and boys in KS1 attended skipping club and thoroughly enjoyed learning how to skip and develop these skills. New equipment was brought to support this.
Girls and boys attended a netball club after school. Many of the Y6 children who attended netball club are keen to continue participating in netball clubs at their new secondary schools.
Comments
We achieved the School Games GOLD mark.
We are very proud of our extra-curricular provision at HPA. It contributes to the the following key indicators:
- Key Indicator 1: The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity
- Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school.
- Key indicator 4: Broader experience of a range of sports and activities
We use pupil voice to help to plan our extra-curricular provision which helps its success as the clubs are all well attended
All of these clubs were provided with no cost to the children. We also offer further clubs that incur a charge which include:
- Hannah May Dance
- Kick Boxing
- Tag-Rugby
- Football Y1-4
Activity/ Action
Provided children with opportunities to take part in a range of fun and competitive sporting activities.
- Rugby
- Dance
- Netball
- Athletics
- Swimming
- Cricket
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Boccia and Kurling
Impact
Both boys and girls attended different sporting activities outside of school. They competed against other schools with lots of success.
- LAT Swimming Gala – 1st Place
- LAT Primary Sports Day – 2nd Place
- LAT Cricket – 3rd place
- Gravesham Rugby 7s – 1st Place
- Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics – 3rd place
- Y3/4 Tennis – 3rd place
- Netball – 2nd (in group stage)
Comments
We achieved the School Games GOLD mark.
Providing a variety of competitive opportunities for the children has definitely helped to develop Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school. The children are really keen to represent the school.
Activity/ Action
Intra-school sport opportunities:
- Sports Days
- Sports Week
Provided children with opportunities to take part in a range of fun and competitive sporting activities in school.
Impact
We celebrated KS1 and KS2 sports day in September and an EYFS/Reception sports day in June. We also delivered sports week in June. These events consisted of multi-sports activities and the opportunity to compete in internal sporting competitions.
During sports week children were exposed to a number of different sports and physical activities including:
- Bhangra dancing
- Football
- Rugby
- Cricket
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Gymnastics
Sports week also provided CPD opportunities for staff. They will be able to use some of the activities in their own PE lessons.
Comments
We achieved the School Games GOLD mark.
Pupil voice feedback was extremely positive and the children have provided suggestions for next year’s sports week activities.
These events provided a variety of sporting opportunities for the children and this has definitely helped to develop Key Indicator 2: The profile of PESSPA being raised across the whole school. .
Activity/ Action
Gymnastics CPD for teacher Y1-Y6
Impact
A sports coach from Spartan Sports provided gymnastics CPD for Y1 – Y6 teachers throughout the year.
Teachers’ knowledge and confidence in using the gymnastics equipment has been developed and improved, providing the pupils with high quality gymnastics PE provision.
Comments
This CPD training was very well received by all staff members involved.
Activity/ Action
ECT PE CPD training
Impact
A sports coach from spartan sports provided CPD for an ECT teacher, showing them the correct structure for a PE lesson as well as different warm up games and activities. ECT now has a wider range of knowledge about planning, setting up and teaching a range of sporting activities. These skills can be transferred across PE lessons, providing the pupils with high quality PE provision.
Comments
ECT was very positive about this experience and found it very beneficial. This is something we will need to plan in again if more ECTs join the school.
Activity/ Action
Provided PE training opportunities for PE leads.
Impact
PE coordinators attended Primary PE conference to gain up to date knowledge about PESSPA and to make links with other PE leads in the area.
Comments
Useful information updates were shared by our SGO during this training. Links with PE leads in our area were also made.
Activity/ Action
Targeted sports activity groups.
Impact
Hired Spartan Sports coaches to run physical activity interventions for a range of children.
A wide range of pupils (particularly those who do not usually get the opportunity to participate in a wide range of sports and activities) benefitted from high quality multisports provision.
Development of fundamental movement skills has been a huge success allowing more children to have the necessary skills for their future PE lessons.
Comments
We achieved the School Games GOLD mark.
Activity/ Action
Tennis coaching Y1-Y6
Impact
All children in Y1 through to Y6 received tennis coaching at the Hartley Country Club for one term as part of our PE provision. This has been a fabulous opportunity for the children to develop a range of skills linked with tennis, that can also be transferred across multiple sports.
This has also been a great CPD opportunity for the teachers and teaching assistants in Y1-6.
It has been very beneficial making the links with Hartley Country Club and showing our children what they have to offer. A number of children have since signed up to tennis coaching sessions at the Country Club as a direct result from enjoying the tennis coaching they received at school.
Comments
A number of children have joined tennis coaching sessions at the Hartley Country Club since receiving the coaching at school. This is a really positive outcome and a link that we will continue to develop.
Activity/ Action
Bikeability and Balance
Cycling proficiency for Y6 children and learning to use a balance bike for YR.
Impact
YR children have become more confident using the balance bikes and developed and improved the fundamental movement skill of balance.
Y6 children who completed bikeability have developed the skills to be able to ride their bikes safely on the roads.
Comments
Both of these courses encourage an active way of traveling to school safely.
2022 - 2023 Review
1. Continued to provide 2 hours of PE curriculum time each week.
Impact
Children are exposed to a wide range of PE activities throughout the year, adding to the ACTIVE 60 target.
Comments
2 hours of PE curriculum time is fully supported by all at HPA and will continue
2. Sports Week
Impact
Children are given an opportunity to participate in a range of different activities throughout the week from a range of different external coaches.
Comments
Pupil voice was very positive about sports week. Suggestions from the children for next year’s sports week activities included football and dance. This is something we will try to provide in sports week 2024.
3. Provide a wide range of extra-curricular activities
Impact
There is a variety of different clubs offered to all children taught by members of staff as well as external coaches. We introduced a new club this year with Bhangra dancing.
Comments
Pupil voice has been very positive about the additional clubs we offer at school. The children have made a few suggestions of other clubs they would also like offered including skipping and gymnastics. This is something we will try to provide this year.
4. Providing opportunities for the children to compete in competitive sport.
Impact
Children have the opportunity to attend lots of different competitions to compete against other schools.
Comments
Pupil voice has been very positive about all the competitions that they have attended this year including netball and athletics. The children expressed an interest in attending a tennis competition and this is something we will try to provide next year.