PE and Sport Premium 2024/2025

 

In the 2024/2025 year, Netherhall Mead Academy received a PE and Sport Premium grant of £16520.   This funding is used to make additional and sustainable improvements to our PE curriculum and wider opportunities for pupils.

Netherhall Mead Academy is a specialist school supporting pupils with complex, profound and multiple learning needs. Physical development is personalised for every pupil and success is measured through engagement, confidence and progress, rather than standard benchmarks.  Many pupils have physiotherapy plans ….

 

Key Priorities for 2024-2025:
1. Increase physical activity for all pupils
2. Improve staff expertise particularly Rebound and MATP
3. Broaden the Physical Development curriculum offer to improve participation
4. Increase competition for all pupils with a focus on enjoyment
5. Ensure changes are sustained

 

Impact: 

The funding has had positive impacts on:

  • Increasing staff confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport
  • Significant increases in pupil engagement, particularly for those with PMLD
  • Improved physical development outcomes, including coordination, balance and mobility
  • Enhanced staff expertise, leading to higher quality teaching
  • Greater breadth of provision, including inclusive and novel sports
  • Teaching is now more consistent and confident across the school
  • Programmes are embedded within curriculum planning, ensuring long-term sustainability

Breakdown of spending in 2024/2025

The percentage of pupils in year 6 who have met the national curriculum requirement to:

  • swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres: 0%
  • use a range of strokes effectively – for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke: 0%
  • perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations: 0%