PE and Sports Premium Funding
The PE and sport premium is designed to help primary schools improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils.
Guidance for schools on the funding, including details of funding allocations and advice on how to spend it, is available. Details of the funding allocations for the PE and sport premium are also available.
At St Mark’s we offer specialist PE teaching (along with music and computing) as part of our cover arrangements for teachers’ Planning, Preparation and Assessment release. This has been particularly successful in ensuring skill development, consistency and assessing progress across the school. Our standards in Physical Education are high and consistent.
We are fortunate enough to have a good sized playground and a large sports field – comprising 2 football pitches, a cricket strip, long jump pit and an adventure playground. We also have a heated outdoor swimming pool with separate changing facilities. All children swim from May to July each year at no cost to parents,
We have a vibrant inter-House System which encourages participation and competition. House tournaments for football, netball, hockey, rugby, swimming, athletics etc are offered for different ages throughout the year. Some are mixed teams and some are split into gender teams. We value teamwork, enjoyment and good sportsmanship.
Children represent the school in a variety of events throughout the year – some are competitive, some are participative (see how we pick teams below).
We value our reputation for favouring enjoyment and excellence above victory. We believe determination, self-improvement and teamwork can be developed without compromising our standing in the community. As a school we currently hold the Gold Kitemark Standard – external validation of our commitment to sport.
Evidencing the Impact of the Primary PE and Sport Premium 2023/2024