PE Provision And Premium
At St James Primary School, we recognise how important sport and PE is to the emotional, social and physical well being of our children. We know from pupil surveys that our children enjoy their PE lessons – learning new sports and skills as well as developing their teamwork, resilience, determination and self belief. Our PE takes a varied form and we provide a minimum of two hours of PE a week for Years 1 to 6.
Over the academic year, we cover gymnastics, dance, netball, hockey, football, dodgeball, rounders, tennis, tag rugby, cricket and kwick cricket, volleyball, swimming, badminton, athletics, multisports and fencing.
PE Premium Grant
The government provides all schools with school sport funding to improve and sustain the breadth and quality of PE and sport provision. Allocation for the academic year 2025– 2026 is calculated on the basis of the number of pupils on roll in the January 2024 census. Consequently the school receives £17,539.20.
Our intended outcomes for 2025 - 2026 are
- To increase pupil enjoyment and participation in physical activity, PE and school sports so that pupils attain the performance level they are capable of achieving
- To increase the profile of sports and PE across the school. Children to have broader understanding of a range of different sports.
- To enhance the quality of PE equipment and resources to aid teaching across the school.
- To provide greater opportunity for sport at break times, overseen by the house captains.
- To improve the quality of teaching in order for all pupils to make regular and sustained progress.
- To take part in competitive sporting competitions against other schools - developing confidence, teamwork and fair play.
- To support an active and healthy lifestyle for children at St James.
You can find out more in our PE Premium report 2025-2026
Swimming, Sport Enrichment and After School Clubs
Year 5 children have a term of swimming lessons at Park Road swimming pool.
Year 5 and 6 children take part in weekly netball coaching sessions run by a qualified netball coach. These run all year.
Year 4, 5 and 6 also take part in weekly fencing lessons run by Fighting Fit Fencing. Each year group gets a term of lessons.
Many of our after school clubs focus on promoting fitness and a love of sport. We run football clubs, alongside gymnastics, fencing and chess. For more information on these visit Before and After School Clubs
