Valence Primary School - Pupil & Sport Premium

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2025-26

This statement details our school’s use of pupil premium funding to help improve the attainment of our disadvantaged pupils.

It outlines our pupil premium strategy, how we intend to spend the funding in this academic year and the effect that last year’s spending of pupil premium had within our school.

You can download our Pupil Premium Strategy Statement below.

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement 2025-26 (PDF)

Primary PE and Sport Premium 2024-25

What is the PE and Sport Premium?

At Valence Primary School, we are committed to providing high-quality PE for all pupils. We recognise that an outstanding PE curriculum and an extensive range and choice of extra-curricular sporting opportunities have a positive influence on outcomes across a number of areas of school life.

The Government allocates funding for Primary School Sports. It should be spent on improving the quality of sport in PE for all our children. Valence was granted £24,650
for 2024-25.

Review of the last academic year (2024/2025)

Swimming


Swimming and Water Safety	What went well	What didn't go well
1. For Year 5 to Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.	It was the first year that we started the Autumn term with our year 5 swimmers instead of year 6. It was a great introduction to swimming for the year group. Each of our 4 classes went for the whole of the Autumn term, with the children gaining confidence and skills. This resulted in a 49% pass rate for 25m.	The weather was our only issue.
2. Use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)	As we only sent 1 class per session, the ability groups were much smaller, enabling all groups to try the full range of strokes with more success.
3. Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations	All groups got to take part in the water safety training sessions. With the top group brining in clothes for a self rescue session.

Key areas review of the last academic year


Key areas	What went well?	What didn't go well?
1. Increasing confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sporting activities, prioritising CPD and training where needed.	Team teach lessons for 1 session per class has really worked well. Staff feel more confident to teach P.E resulting in high-quality, engaging lessons for pupils. Pupils feel more confident that the class teacher has skills and knowledge on topics. Having more confident teachers ensured that more skills are taught and more equipment is used accurately in the lessons. CPD sessions were offered during staff INSET All staff have access to our online SOW. Some of the topics have accompanying videos.	Even though SOW is online, some staff forgot their logins and we had to reset. Some staff still feel a little daunted by some P.E Topics.
2. Increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sporting activities.	2 Hours of curriculum P.E taught from years 1-6. 1 hour for Nursery and reception, with outdoor learning added for EYFS. 1 of these sessions with the P.E team. Borough competitions are entered, and the addition of sporting non-competitive festivals has allowed more children to take part. Training for lunchtime staff and playtime only equipment has allowed more children to take up physical activities at break times.	Daily mile was not a success. Children and staff felt that every day was just too much.
3. Raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement.	More P.E boards were placed around the school displaying competition results and pictures, class sporting awards and Sporting Heroes Sports Leader training for year 5 continued. Sports news in every school bulletin. School social media posts by staff showing P.E lessons and competitions. Sports Day assemblies	We tried to ask secondary P.E staff to come into school to speak with our children. This didn’t happen.
4. Offer a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities to all pupils and ensure equal access to sport for boys and girls.	As many sports as possible are included in our yearly Overview. We now rotate some sports on a two year timetable. We also introduced OAA and Inclusion games for years 5/6	Buying equipment for additional sports stretched our budget.
5. Increasing participation in competitive sport.	This has never been a problem for us and with the addition of team teaching and CPD for staff, the P.E Team can attend more competitions outside school and arrange more class/year-based events in school.

Aims for the next academic year (2025/2026)

Swimming


Intent	Implementation
1. Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.	Sending the year 5 children enables us to get a better picture of who will be able to swim 25m in year 6. Parents were invited to attend the first session and signposted to swimming lessons at the Leisure Centre.
2. Use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke).	All strokes are covered in lessons.
3. Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations	All groups were advised on what to do in the event of getting into trouble in the water.

Plan, monitor and evaluate


	Intent	Implementation	Impact	Evidence
Plan and monitor	Develop lunchtime play provision to increase activity for the least active groups.	Continue to develop pupil leadership (VPS). Midday supervisor training, to develop their understanding of games and play, Range of equipment.	A confident and competent group of activity leaders who take initiative and create a more active and inclusive playground for all pupils. Midday supervisors leading a range of physical activities. A happier, more active playground that meets the needs of all pupils.	Youth voice data through surveys and interviews/group discussions with a variety of pupils (leaders, children participating and those who are less active at break times). Conduct regular observations of the playground to gauge the activity levels of the least active children. Staff voice and feedback.
	Improvements	Sustainability	Evidence	Approximate Costs
Evaluate	Children are trying out new games in the playground. Friendship groups are crossing class/year/gender/ability.	Continued training for activity leaders and bringing new leaders into the group to bring new ideas and expertise. More leaders will also mean more activities are able to be delivered. Continued training with midday supervisors. Establish lead midday supervisors to empower them and give them ownership.	More children are requesting to become VPS team members. Lunchtime staff are eager for more training.	Physical Resources - £4000 CPD for staff - £500

Our Objectives


	Intent	Implementation	Impact	Evidence
Plan and monitor	Develop small intervention Fitness groups.	Class teacher/P.E Team/ Lunch staff can recommend children who struggle in main P.E lessons/Playtime play for small group games and fitness sessions that will run every week in addition to their 2 hours of P.E.	Children will become more confident in physical play. Who have a better understanding of how being healthier can impact their enjoyment of P.E /Games and improve their participation in class lessons.	Children's voice through consultation. Observation in lessons. Parents/staff feedback.
	Impact	Sustainability	Evidence	Approximate Costs
Evaluate	Awaiting start	Embedding a healthy lifestyle in children can impact lifelong habits. Interventions cost little money. Once children feel fitter and more confident, they can leave the group, and another can be added. Timetabling to be included in the main school timetable.	Awaiting start	£1000
	Intent	Implementation	Impact	Evidence
Plan and monitor	Introduce OAA and Inclusion games to the timetable for more year groups.	Run some P.E Topics on a 2 year rotation cycle, thus enabling OAA and Inclusion game to be added into the Yearly P.E overview.	SEND children and children who struggle with highly physical P.E lessons will be able to access the new topics and find a skill/ability/passion in sport.	Our class Topic Champion Display boards are filled in for each topic we teach. Some children with a great sporting aptitude may appear across many different topics, but in our new topics, we have found that new names have come to light and our SEND children are beginning to step out into the spotlight.
	Impact	Sustainability	Evidence	Approximate Costs
Evaluate	Our SEND children have become more confident across the board in P.E lessons. Children who thought that reading a map and identifying symbols was not P.E have since changed their minds and have acquired new knowledge in direction and environment.	Yes. These topics have proved hugely successful with children and staff. They are embedded in our curriculum now, and CPD will be booked to give staff more training. Equipment cost is the only barrier.	Pupil voice has stated that Inclusion games are ‘great fun’ and show how not everyone is physically equal, but the playing field can be made equal.	£2000 – equipment and resources are expensive for both of these topics.