For the 2021-2022 Academic Year,  Chuckery Primary School has been awarded a Sports Premium Grant of £19,522. In addition we had a carry forward from previous years of £9358 which will be spent by July 2022

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity - the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport

Our approach to spending the Sport Premium Grant has been For the 2021-2022 Academic Year in the following ways:

Increasing the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and providing broad experiences through a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils by:

• Employing Teaching Assistants during lunchtimes to run physical activity sessions and, support physical activity including skipping, dance, ball games, gardening etc
• Purchase of equipment, additional kit etc.
• Purchase of additional swimming coaching sessions and pool time

Ensuring the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement and developing increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport by:

• Supporting the PE coordinator to develop her own subject leadership enabling PE to be appropriately monitored, the impact assessed and development opportunities identified.

Increasing participation in competitive sport by

• Developing a number of sporting teams to take part in the cross-federation/school competitions ensuring they have appropriate coaching and support to be successful
• Providing cover for staff to accompany children to sporting events 
• Providing  transport and equipment for teams to take part in  competitive sports at other schools
• Hire of sports facilities to enable children to partake in competitive sports activities

Broadening the range of sports activities available to all pupils by: