PE & Sports Funding
Pipers Vale 2025
PE & Sports Funding 2025-26
All young people should have the opportunity to live healthy and active lives. A positive experience of sport and physical activity at a young age can build a lifetime habit of participation, and is central to meeting the government’s ambitions for a world-class education system.
Physical activity has numerous benefits for children and young people’s physical health, as well as their mental wellbeing (increasing self-esteem and emotional wellbeing and lowering anxiety and depression), and children who are physically active are happier, more resilient and more trusting of their peers. Ensuring that pupils have access to sufficient daily activity can also have wider benefits for pupils and schools, improving behaviour as well as enhancing academic achievement.
Schools with 17 or more eligible pupils receive £16,000 and an additional payment of £10 per pupil. It is allocated directly to schools so they have the flexibility to use it in the way that works best for their pupils.
How much did we receive in 2024-25?
During 2024-25 we received £16,220.
Please see below copies of the forms we have submitted in relation to the expenditure of the Sport Premium.
Bedfield_Sports_Premium_section_2.pdf
Bedfield_Sports_Premium_section_3_4_5_6__7.pdf
Swimming
60% of our year 6 pupils were able to
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 meters
- use a range of strokes effectively – for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
How much funding will we receive in 2025-26?
It is anticipated that we will receive £16,160.
We aim to spend our sports funding in the following areas during 2025-26
| Activity/Initiative | Cost | Purpose | Proposed Impact |
Review January 2026 |
| Offer after school club at subsidised rate. | £800 | Increase pupil participation and appeal to pupils who are less likely to participate if It was not subsidised. | For at least 80% of pupils to be engaged, particular focus on SEN and FSM pupils involvement. | |
| Develop links with local schools to offer pupils competitive sporting opportunities. | £800 | Membership to Suffolk Sports Partnership. | Increased opportunities to compete in a wider variety of sports. | |
| Transport & staffing for events. | £5000 | Opportunities for pupils to access events. | Increased pupil participation and attendance of events. | |
| Train a member of staff in Forest Schools | £3500 | Opportunity for the pupils to be involved with curriculum based activities outside | Ensure that PE/Active education is incorporated in cross curricular activities ensuring wider engagement. | |
| Outdoor adventurous activity subsidy. | £500 | Ensure all Year 6 pupils are able to participate in a week long residential trip. | All children have equal opportunities. | |
| Targeted Swimming | £3500 | Top up and targeted swimming sessions for identified pupils | All KS2 children become competent swimmers. | |
| Sports day resources & general equipment | £1300 | Ensure that intra-school sporting activities are well resourced. | Engagement of all pupils celebrating success as a school. |
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Physical Education at Bedfield
