Risby CEVC Primary School receives an annual PE & Sport Premium from the Department for Education (DfE), which is used to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of physical education, physical activity and sport that we offer all of our children. 

The PE & Sport Premium has been invaluable in helping us to develop and add to the PE, physical activity and sport activities that the school already offered and, when determining how we will spend it, we are always mindful that the improvements we make now, must benefit pupils who join the school in future years.

The Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5-18 years should engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school, and we strive to achieve this by using the PE & Sport Premium to:

• Engage all pupils in regular physical activity;

• Raise the profile of PE and sport across the school;

• Increase our staff's confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport;

• Offer a broader experience of a range of sports and activities to all pupils;

• Increase our participation in competitive sport.

For the period 2023-2024, we received £17,951 PE & Sport Premium funding. We allocated all of the 2023-2024 PE & Sport Premium funds, but owing to delays in the provision of a gym trail - we spent £10,351.76 and carried forward a balance of £7,599.24: committed to paying the balance of the gym trail in the 2024-2025 period.

Swimming: 2023-2024

By the end of Key Stage 2, the majority of children should be able to: swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres; use a range of strokes effectively; perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

Swimming lessons are provided and funded as part of our curriculum offer in Year 3 and we allocated PE & Sport Premium funding to provide top-up swimming lessons for Year 4 in the period 2023-2024. Pupils in Year 3 and Year 4 attend weekly swimming lessons at the Abbeycroft Leisure Centre as follows:

• Year 3: Summer Term
• Year 4: Autumn Term

By the end of Key Stage 2 in 2024:

• 94% of children were able to able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres;
• 39% of children were able to use a range of strokes effectively;
• 84% of children were able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.