All primary schools in England receive additional funding through the PE and Sport Premium, which they must use to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport that they offer.

In 2024-25, we received £18,580 through the premium. To find out how we spent this funding, what impact it had and the next steps we have identified, read our 2024-25 PE and Sport Premium Report, here.

We began by identifying both our key achievements from the previous year:  

• All children in KS1 and KS2 given access to range of free after-school clubs. 
• Organised and delivered 7 intra-school events, involving all children in KS2. 
• Successful Sports Week, included 3 Sports Days & range of sessions led by both school staff & community coaches.
• Increased participation in inter-school competitions. 
• Organised and hosted Stevenage Schools FA Tournaments, Cup Finals and end-of-season presentations.
• Achieved Platinum School Games Mark 

We then identified key areas for improvement in the coming year:

• Continue to build engagement of children across the school in extra-curricular physical activity 
• Develop staff knowledge of skill development and progression in PE
• Improve the number of children who are able to ride a bike safely and confidently by the end of Year 6
• Provide access to a wide range of sporting activities and promote local community clubs
• Increase opportunities for children to compete in sporting activities

Our action plan

Having identified our areas for improvement, we then put together our action plan for 2024/25, based around the 'Key indicators' identified by the Association for Physical Education: 

• Key indicator 1 - Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• Key indicator 2 - Engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity 
• Key indicator 3 - The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
• Key indicator 4 - Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• Key indicator 5 - Increased participation in competitive sport

To see how the spending against each indicator is broken down, and the impact that it is having, please read our full report, here.

Swimming

Finally, there is a big national drive to improve the quality of swimming provision in primary schools, and as a result all schools have been asked to share key information about the swimming ability of school leavers:

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres?

• 33.3%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]?

• 33.3%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?

• 33.3%

Early Years Admissions  

If you're looking for a place in Nursery or Reception, you can find out lots more about our school in our Early Years Prospectus.

We're always keen to show potential new applicants around - just get in touch with the school office to arrange a tour. 

Once you're ready to apply, head to the admissions page to find out more about the process - we run Nursery admissions ourselves, but from Reception upwards, these need to be made via Herts County Council.