At The Mayflower Primary School we aim to have a positive attitude towards a healthy, active lifestyle. The school received the Active Essex’s KS1 Award and GOLD Accreditation in the School Games Mark for PE/Sport - recognising an effective use of the premium funding money. The information below gives details of our PE and Sport Premium Grant, how we allocate the money and the resulting impacts of the funding.

Individuals Responsibilities:

• Elizabeth Bartholomew (Headteacher)

• Steven Snelling (PE Lead)

• Tracey Cochrane (School Business Manager)

• Gerry Deane (Governor)

Swimming

Swimming is offered to all children in KS2. Pupils are provided with 18 weeks of tuition in year Five. Pupils who do not achieve all three of the National Curriculum objectives at the end of year five are offered intensive booster lessons in year six.

We also take part in 'Swim Safe'– a national programme that teaches pupils about open-water swimming safety

Swimming Data

Last academic year (24/25), 69% of pupils achieved all three of the KS2 curriculum objectives...

• Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• Use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)
• Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

72% of pupils can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.

Impact of Sports Premium

We strive for more children to be both engaged in and enjoy sporting activity and physical exercise. Through the target spending of our allocation of the Sports Premium Funding, we aim to...

• Engage all pupils in regular activity through enhanced OPAL provision.
• Raise the profile of P.E. and sport across the school through the use of pupil canvases, participation badges and 'player of the match' medallions.
• Provide a variety of sporting experience to all pupils through lunchtime/afterschool clubs - including team sports (football, netball, rugby, hockey, dodgeball and cricket), individual sports (tennis and squash) and holistic activities (yoga).
• Provide extensive opportunity to compete in sporting events. Hosting four internal competitions (events), as well as entering numerous local, regional and national events.
• Increase teacher confidence by providing each staff member with at least 12 hours of CPD.
• Improve the swimming tuition in the summer term for year 6 pupils.